Usually means: Adding gas to dough, rising.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word leavening:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. leavening: Merriam-Webster
  2. leavening: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. leavening: Collins English Dictionary
  4. leavening: Vocabulary.com
  5. Leavening, leavening: Wordnik
  6. leavening: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. leavening: Wiktionary
  8. leavening: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. leavening: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. leavening: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Leavening, leavening: Dictionary.com
  12. Leavening: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Leavening: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. leavening: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. leavening: Rhymezone
  16. Leavening: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. leavening: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. leavening: FreeDictionary.org
  19. leavening: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. leavening: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. leavening: Legal dictionary

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  1. leavening: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (leavening)

▸ noun:  The process by which something is leavened.
▸ noun:  Synonym of leavening agent
▸ adjective:  Making light by aeration.

Similar:
leveling, levigation, levelage, lightening, levying, leavetaking, leaking, laving, toasting, levelization, more...

Opposite:
unleavened, flat, dense, heavy, unrisen

Types:
baking soda, baking powder, yeast, cream of tartar, more...

Phrases:
leavening agent, form of leavening, more...

Adjectives:
little, strong, good, gradual, slight, such, social, considerable, small, natural, certain

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Similar:
leveling, levigation, levelage, lightening, levying, leavetaking, leaking, laving, toasting, levelization, more...

Opposite:
unleavened, flat, dense, heavy, unrisen

Types:
baking soda, baking powder, yeast, cream of tartar, more...

Phrases:
leavening agent, form of leavening, more...

Adjectives:
little, strong, good, gradual, slight, such, social, considerable, small, natural, certain



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