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leavening

[ UK /lˈɛvənɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈɫɛvənɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
  2. an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something
    his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor

How To Use leavening In A Sentence

  • Another method of leavening is the use of whipped egg whites, which traps air in bubbles.
  • The senator's wife attempted a little leavening here, remarking that the Gearys weren't likely to be needing welfare any time soon. GALILEE
  • In typical Tutu fashion - leavening painful moments with humour and lifting the spirit in joy - the archbishop had the congregation smiling while reflecting on the sacrifices Naude had made.
  • Usage: In food industry, it is used as leavening agent, dough regulator, buffer, modifier, solidification agent, nutritional supplement, chelate agent, flulty agent for bakery.
  • Because there can be no leavening products used during the holiday, matzo flour mush has the bran separated from the wheat because bran helps facilitate the leavening process.
  • -- That but one man, and he with one leg, should have such ill power given him; his one sour word leavening into congenial sourness (as, to my knowledge, it did) the dispositions, before sweet enough, of a numerous company. The Confidence-Man
  • By the way - if the batter is mixed for too long, the excess blending can cause the premature formation and escape of the carbon dioxide that is needed for leavening the pancakes.
  • But the circle doesn't allow room for notes on some finesse elements for these prepartions, such as mixing method, how much salt, what kind of leavening, possible variations. A Whole Lotta Nothing
  • We are not encouraging any use of these sites save the one stated purpose of identifying leavening agents.
  • Over the last couple of years, Thomas Amrein and colleagues at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich have shown that the culprit is the traditional leavening agent: not familiar baking soda or powders, but ammonium bicarbonate, which is sometimes called hartshorn because it was originally obtained by heating deer antlers.
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