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SALERATUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does saleratus mean?
• SALERATUS (noun)
The noun SALERATUS has 1 sense:
1. a white soluble compound (NaHCO3) used in effervescent drinks and in baking powders and as an antacid
Familiarity information: SALERATUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A white soluble compound (NaHCO3) used in effervescent drinks and in baking powders and as an antacid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
baking soda; bicarbonate of soda; saleratus; sodium bicarbonate; sodium hydrogen carbonate
Hypernyms ("saleratus" is a kind of...):
bicarbonate; hydrogen carbonate (a salt of carbonic acid (containing the anion HCO3) in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced; an acid carbonate)
Context examples
The boiled tea was very bitter, the omelet scorched, and the biscuits speckled with saleratus, but Mrs. March received her repast with thanks and laughed heartily over it after Jo was gone.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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