CREAM OF TARTAR


Meaning of CREAM OF TARTAR in English

a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 4 H 5 KO 6 , used chiefly as an ingredient in baking powders and in galvanic tinning of metals. Also called potassium bitartrate, potassium acid tartrate . Cf. tartar (def. 3).

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