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salaeratus

salaeratus is the alternative form of saleratus.

Meaning of saleratus

Noun

saleratus (usually uncountable, plural saleratuses)

  1. (usually) Sodium bicarbonate.
    • She spent nearly two hours firing up the oven and trying to raise a loaf of wheat bread with saleratus, the only leavening she could find.1997, Charles Frazier, chapter 2, in Cold Mountain, London: Hodder and Stoughton, page 31
  2. (usually) Potassium bicarbonate.

Questions about salaeratus

What is salaeratus the alternative form of?
Salaeratus is the alternative form of saleratus.

Words near salaeratus in the dictionary

  1. Salado
  2. Saladoes
  3. Salados
  4. salads
  5. salady
  6. salaeratus
  7. salaf
  8. Salafi
  9. Salafi jihadism
  10. Salafis
  11. Salafism

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