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saleratus

saleratus noun: sodium bicarbonate.

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.

Forms of saleratus

pluralsaleratuses
alternative formsalaeratus
alternative formsalæratus

Origin of saleratus

From New Latin sal + aeratus.

Questions about saleratus

What does saleratus mean?
Saleratus means sodium bicarbonate.
What part of speech is saleratus?
Saleratus is a noun.
What is the plural of saleratus?
The plural of saleratus is saleratuses.

Words near saleratus in the dictionary

  1. Salentine
  2. Salento
  3. salep
  4. saleps
  5. saler
  6. saleratus
  7. saleratuses
  8. salering
  9. salerings
  10. Salerno
  11. saleroom

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