leavening agent

Noun

Meaning

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leavening agent (plural leavening agents)

Any organism or substance added to a food product (such as dough or batter) that makes it rise when cooked.
Synonyms: leaven, leavening, raising agent

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

yeast leaven saleratus bicarbonate of soda sodium hydrogen carbonate natron baking powder trona

Related terms

leavened unleavened

Examples

subhumans exist in every people as a leavening agent. Joseph Goebbels

Close letter words and terms

leavener leavening leavening additive leavening compound leavening ingredient leavening mixture