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leavening agent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables
leav-en-ing a-gent
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any organism or substance added to a food product (such as dough or batter) that makes it rise when cooked.

Inflected Forms

leavening agents (plural)

Phrases

self-raising flour sour mash

Frequently Paired Words

leavened unleavened self-raising flour sour mash starter

Synonyms

leaven leavening raising agent leaven agent

Questions

What does leavening agent mean?
Any organism or substance added to a food product (such as dough or batter) that makes it rise when cooked.

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