Cream of tartar Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a salt used especially in baking powder
    potassium bitartrate; tartar; potassium hydrogen tartrate.

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  1. (Chem.), purified tartar or argol; so called because of the crust of crystals which forms on the surface of the liquor in the process of purification by recrystallization. It is a white crystalline substance, with a gritty acid taste, and is used very largely as an ingredient of baking powders; called also potassium bitartrate, acid potassium tartrate, etc.
Definitions
  1. . (Chem.) See under Cream.

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