saleratus

English

Alternative forms

• salaeratus
• salæratus (obsolete)

Etymology

From New Latin sal + aeratus.

Pronunciation

enPR: sălərātəs

Noun

saleratus (usually uncountable, plural saleratuses)

1. Sodium bicarbonate.
   • 1997, Charles Frazier, chapter 2, in Cold Mountain, London: Hodder and Stoughton, page 31:

     She spent nearly two hours firing up the oven and trying to raise a loaf of wheat bread with saleratus, the only leavening she could find.

2. Potassium bicarbonate.

Anagrams

• as a result, assaulter, reassault