saleratus
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- salaeratus
- salæratus (obsolete)
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
enPR: sălərātəs
Noun edit
saleratus (usually uncountable, plural saleratuses)
- Sodium bicarbonate.
- 1997, Charles Frazier, chapter 2, in Cold Mountain, London: Hodder and Stoughton, page 31:
- 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.
- Potassium bicarbonate.