cream of tartar

noun phrase

: a white crystalline salt C4H5KO6 used especially in baking powder and in certain treatments of metals

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First Known Use

1662, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of cream of tartar was in 1662

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“Cream of tartar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cream%20of%20tartar. Accessed 20 Mar. 2023.

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cream of tartar

: a white salt used especially in baking powder and in some ways to prepare metals

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