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LEAVENED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does leavened mean? 

LEAVENED (adjective)
  The adjective LEAVENED has 1 sense:

1. made light by aerating, as with yeast or baking powder; often used as a combining formplay

  Familiarity information: LEAVENED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LEAVENED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Made light by aerating, as with yeast or baking powder; often used as a combining form

Context example:

yeast-leavened breads

Antonym:

unleavened (made without leavening)


 Context examples 


Yet in an instant she had changed again to her old expression of merriment leavened with mischief.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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