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salt-rising bread

salt-rising bread noun: a dense white bread that is traditional in the Appalachian Mountains, leavened by naturally occurring Clostridium perfringens and other bacteria rather than by yeast.

Noun

salt-rising bread (countable and uncountable, plural salt-rising breads)

  1. A dense white bread that is traditional in the Appalachian Mountains, leavened by naturally occurring Clostridium perfringens and other bacteria rather than by yeast.

Forms of salt-rising bread

pluralsalt-rising breads

Questions about salt-rising bread

What does salt-rising bread mean?
Salt-rising bread means a dense white bread that is traditional in the Appalachian Mountains, leavened by naturally occurring Clostridium perfringens and other bacteria rather than by yeast.
What part of speech is salt-rising bread?
Salt-rising bread is a noun.
What is the plural of salt-rising bread?
The plural of salt-rising bread is salt-rising breads.

Words near salt-rising bread in the dictionary

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  2. salt-marsh caterpillars
  3. salt-marsh terrapin
  4. salt-marsh terrapins
  5. salt-myrtle
  6. salt-rising bread
  7. salt-rising breads
  8. salt-water
  9. Salta
  10. Saltaire
  11. saltando

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