cream of tartar

noun

a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C4H5KO6, used chiefly as an ingredient in baking powders and in galvanic tinning of metals.

Also called potassium bitartrate, potassium acid tartrate .

Compare tartar (def. 3).

Origin of cream of tartar

First recorded in 1655–65

Words nearby cream of tartar

creamcups, creamer, creamery, cream ice, creamlaid, cream of tartar, cream pail, cream puff, cream sauce, cream soda, cream tea

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Example sentences from the Web for cream of tartar

The pod of the cream-of-tartar is the shape of a cucumber and 10 to 12 inches long.
Seven Legs Across the Seas|Samuel Murray
The cream-of-tartar tree, however, will interest a visitor more.
Seven Legs Across the Seas|Samuel Murray
The bush was dotted with huge baobabs, the cream-of-tartar trees which so impressed the voortrekkers in Lydenburg.
The African Colony|John Buchan
One cream-of-tartar tree seen close to the falls measured 22 feet in diameter.
Seven Legs Across the Seas|Samuel Murray

Then from the kitchen, where she had gone to get a fresh supply of cream-of-tartar biscuit, came little Mrs. Tidditt.
Fair Harbor|Joseph Crosby Lincoln

British Dictionary definitions for cream of tartar

cream of tartar

noun

another name for potassium hydrogen tartrate, esp when used in baking powders

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单词	cream of tartar
释义	cream of tartar noun a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C4H5KO6, used chiefly as an ingredient in baking powders and in galvanic tinning of metals. Also called potassium bitartrate, potassium acid tartrate . Compare tartar (def. 3). Origin of cream of tartar First recorded in 1655–65 Words nearby cream of tartar creamcups, creamer, creamery, cream ice, creamlaid, cream of tartar, cream pail, cream puff, cream sauce, cream soda, cream tea Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cream of tartar The pod of the cream-of-tartar is the shape of a cucumber and 10 to 12 inches long. Seven Legs Across the Seas\|Samuel Murray The cream-of-tartar tree, however, will interest a visitor more. Seven Legs Across the Seas\|Samuel Murray The bush was dotted with huge baobabs, the cream-of-tartar trees which so impressed the voortrekkers in Lydenburg. The African Colony\|John Buchan One cream-of-tartar tree seen close to the falls measured 22 feet in diameter. Seven Legs Across the Seas\|Samuel Murray Then from the kitchen, where she had gone to get a fresh supply of cream-of-tartar biscuit, came little Mrs. Tidditt. Fair Harbor\|Joseph Crosby Lincoln British Dictionary definitions for cream of tartar cream of tartar noun another name for potassium hydrogen tartrate, esp when used in baking powders Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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