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natural leaven

natural leaven noun: a mixture of flour and water that has been fermented to cultivate naturally occurring yeast and lactic acid bacteria from the environment.

Noun

natural leaven (countable and uncountable, plural natural leavens)

  1. A mixture of flour and water that has been fermented to cultivate naturally occurring yeast and lactic acid bacteria from the environment.

Forms of natural leaven

pluralnatural leavens

Questions about natural leaven

What does natural leaven mean?
Natural leaven means a mixture of flour and water that has been fermented to cultivate naturally occurring yeast and lactic acid bacteria from the environment.
What part of speech is natural leaven?
Natural leaven is a noun.
What is the plural of natural leaven?
The plural of natural leaven is natural leavens.

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