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nontempering

nontempering adjective: describing a cocoa butter substitute (or the chocolate substitute made from it) that does not require tempering (heating and controlled cooling).

Adjective

nontempering (not comparable)

  1. Describing a cocoa butter substitute (or the chocolate substitute made from it) that does not require tempering (heating and controlled cooling).

Origin of nontempering

From non- + tempering.

Questions about nontempering

What does nontempering mean?
Nontempering means describing a cocoa butter substitute (or the chocolate substitute made from it) that does not require tempering (heating and controlled cooling).
What part of speech is nontempering?
Nontempering is an adjective.

Words near nontempering in the dictionary

  1. nontelevisual
  2. nontelic
  3. nontellurium
  4. nontelomeric
  5. nontemperate
  6. nontempering
  7. nontemplate
  8. nontemplated
  9. nontemplatized
  10. nontemple
  11. nontemporal

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