Lexic.us

Definition of Leavening

1. Noun. An influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something. "His sermons benefited from a leavening of humor"

2. Noun. A substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid.

Definition of Leavening

1. n. The act of making light, or causing to ferment, by means of leaven.

Definition of Leavening

1. Adjective. made light by aeration ¹

2. Noun. a leavening agent ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Leavening

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leavening

leave of absence leave off leave office leave one's options open leave out leave over leave somebody high and dry leave somebody holding the bag leave someone in the lurch leave to one's own devices

leave well enough alone leaved leaveless leaven leavened leavening (current term) leavening agent leavenings leavenless leavenous

leavens leaver leavers leaves leaves alone leaves behind leaves for dead leaves of three let it be leaves one's options open leaves out

Literary usage of Leavening

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Food Industries: An Elementary Textbook on the Production and Manufacture of by Hermann Theodore Vulté, Sadie Bird Vanderbilt (1920)
"leavening Effect of Yeast. ... these facts in mind the leavening effect of yeast can easily be seen. A mixture of flour and water readily supplies the ..."

2. A Text-book of Cooking by Carlotta Cherryholmes Greer (1915)
"If no eggs are present, it is often desirable to add leavening materials other than sour milk and baking soda. From the results of Experiment 71, p. ..."

3. Food, Its Composition and Preparation: A Textbook for Classes in Household by Mary T. Dowd, Jean D. Jameson (1918)
"It is necessary to introduce some kind of a leavening substance into a flour ... A leavening agent as used in cookery is a substance which contains a gas, ..."

4. Public School Administration: A Statement of the Fundamental Principles by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley (1916)
"Whatever plan is devised for selecting teachers, it is important that the incoming teachers should contribute something to the leavening of the whole corps. ..."

5. Public School Administration: A Statement of the Fundamental Principles by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley (1916)
"The training of teachers leavening the teaching corps. The corps of teachers with which a school system starts each year ought, taken as a whole, ..."

6. Food inspection and analysis by Albert Ernest Leach (1907)
"... of the Bureau of Chemistry: leavening MATERIALS. YEAST.—The yeast plant is a fungus of the genus Saccharomyces, widely distributed through the vegetable ..."

7. Public School Methods (1921)
"leavening Agents, (a) RECITATION. Discuss the following leavening agents: (1) Steam, as in popovers. (2) Air in eggs, as in angel food cake. ..."

8. School and Home Cooking by Carlotta Cherryholmes Greer (1920)
"To understand some of the principles of mixing and lightening baked flour mixtures, try the following: Experiment 64: leavening with Steam and Air.1 — Mix ..."

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