Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

salt of tartar

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English

Syllables: salt of -tar-tar
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Potassium carbonate.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English salt tartre. So called because formerly made by heating cream of tartar, or potassium tartrate.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: salt tartre

Usage

Questions

What does salt of tartar mean?: Potassium carbonate.
Where does salt of tartar come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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