leavening

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leavening

1. present participle and gerund of leaven

leavening (plural leavenings)

1. The process by which something is leavened.
   • 1956, Charlie Lewis Broad, Winston Churchill, Architect of Victory and of Peace, page 623:

     For these lighter leavenings of the heavy dough of debate, members were in Sir Winston's debt.

2. Synonym of leavening agent

• leaven
• unleavened

leavening (not comparable)

1. Making light by aeration.