cream of tartar


noun
  1. a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C4H5KO6, used chiefly as an ingredient in baking powders and in galvanic tinning of metals.

Origin of cream of tartar

1
First recorded in 1655–65
  • Also called potassium bitartrate, potassium acid tartrate .

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cream of tartar

noun
  1. another name for potassium hydrogen tartrate, esp when used in baking powders

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