Meanings
nouncream of tartar (uncountable)
- uncountablechemistryPotassium hydrogen tartrate (also called potassium bitartrate), a byproduct of wine manufacture, used in baking powder and in cooking to stabilize beaten egg whites.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna salt used especially in baking powder
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Translations
Bulgarian винен камък
- винен камък (vinen kamăk)potassium hydrogen tartrate
Finnish viinikivi
- viinikivipotassium hydrogen tartrate
French crème de tartre
- crème de tartrepotassium hydrogen tartrate
German Weinstein
- Weinsteinpotassium hydrogen tartrate
Icelandic vínsteinn, vínsteinsduft
- vínsteinnpotassium hydrogen tartrate
- vínsteinsduftpotassium hydrogen tartrate
Italian cremortartaro
- cremortartaropotassium hydrogen tartrate
Māori kirīmi tāta
- kirīmi tātapotassium hydrogen tartrate
Polish kamień winny
- kamień winnypotassium hydrogen tartrate
Portuguese cremor de tártaro
- cremor de tártaropotassium hydrogen tartrate
Yiddish ווײַנשטיין
- ווײַנשטיין (vaynshteyn)potassium hydrogen tartrate
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cream of tartar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cream%20of%20tartar
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“cream of tartar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cream%20of%20tartar. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cream of tartar,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cream%20of%20tartar.
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