Definition of leavenings Leavenings
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What does leavenings mean?
Wiktionary 
- leavenings (Noun)
Plural of leavening.
Part of speech
🔤- leavenings, noun, plural of leavening.
WordNet
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| leavening - a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid | ||
| leaven | ||
| substance the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists; "DNA is the substance of our genes" | ||
| baking powder any of various powdered mixtures used in baking as a substitute for yeast | ||
| sourdough a settler or prospector (especially in western United States or northwest Canada and Alaska) | ||
| leavening - an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something; "his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- leavening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Leaven - leavening (n.)
The act of making light, or causing to ferment, by means of leaven. - leavening (n.)
That which leavens or makes light.
Part of speech
🔤- leavening, verb, gerund of leaven (infinitive).
- leavening, noun, singular of leavenings.
