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salt of tartar

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English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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salt of tartar (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry, obsolete) Potassium carbonate.
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