baking powder

baking powder noun: a dry leavening agent used in baking; a mixture of baking soda, an acid (often cream of tartar) and starch to keep it dry; when wetted, carbon dioxide is released.

Noun

baking powder (countable and uncountable, plural baking powders)

A dry leavening agent used in baking; a mixture of baking soda, an acid (often cream of tartar) and starch to keep it dry; when wetted, carbon dioxide is released.

baking powder meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Arabic and Thai

baking powder in Tamil

சமையல் சோடா, அப்பத்தூள்

baking powder in Kannada

ಅಡುಗೆಪುಡಿ, ಒದಗಿನಪುಡಿ, ಒದಗುಪುಡಿ, ಉಬ್ಬುಪುಡಿ

baking powder in Arabic

dry leavening agent used in baking: بيكنج باودر bēking bāwdar

baking powder in Thai

dry leavening agent used in baking: ผงฟู pǒng-fuu

Forms of baking powder

plural	baking powders
alternative form (dated)	baking-powder

Questions about baking powder

What does baking powder mean?: Baking powder means a dry leavening agent used in baking; a mixture of baking soda, an acid (often cream of tartar) and starch to keep it dry; when wetted, carbon dioxide is released.
What is baking powder in Tamil?: Baking powder in Tamil is சமையல் சோடா, அப்பத்தூள். See Baking powder meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is baking powder?: Baking powder is a noun.
What is the plural of baking powder?: The plural of baking powder is baking powders.

Words near baking powder in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: baking powder (page history and authors); baking powder (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); baking powder (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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