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leavenings

leavenings is the plural of leavening.

Meaning of leavening

Noun

leavening (plural leavenings)

  1. The process by which something is leavened.
    • For these lighter leavenings of the heavy dough of debate, members were in Sir Winston's debt.1956, Charlie Lewis Broad, Winston Churchill, Architect of Victory and of Peace, page 623
  2. Synonym of leavening agent.
    Synonyms:
    leavening agent

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Questions about leavenings

What is leavenings the plural of?
Leavenings is the plural of leavening.

Words near leavenings in the dictionary

  1. leavenest
  2. leaveneth
  3. leavening
  4. leavening agent
  5. leavening agents
  6. leavenings
  7. leavenless
  8. leavenous
  9. leavens
  10. Leavenworth
  11. Leavenworth County

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