Etymology

salt of tartar

Today it means: Potassium carbonate. Full definition →

Middle English salt tartre
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromsalt tartre
  2. English todaysalt of tartar

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

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