English Explanatory Dictionary

salt of tartar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Potassium carbonate.

Word forms

salt of tartar

Etymology

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

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