Cream-of-tartar
noun
1.
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.
Compare (def 3).
noun
1.
another name for potassium hydrogen tartrate, esp when used in baking powders
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