cream of tartar

English

Noun

cream of tartar (uncountable)

(organic chemistry) Potassium hydrogen tartrate (also called potassium bitartrate), a byproduct of wine manufacture, used in baking powder and in cooking to stabilize beaten egg whites.

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Translations

potassium hydrogen tartrate

Finnish: viinikivi
French: crème de tartre (fr) f
German: Weinstein (de) m
Icelandic: vínsteinn m, vínsteinsduft n
Italian: cremortartaro m
Macedonian: вински камен m (vinski kamen)
Maori: kirīmi tāta
Portuguese: cremor de tártaro m

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