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baking powder

noun

a leavening agent that raises dough by the gas (carbon dioxide) produced when baking soda and acid react in the presence of water: it usually contains baking soda mixed with either starch or flour and cream of tartar or another acid-forming substance, as anhydrous sodium aluminum sulfate

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