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LEAVENED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does leavened mean?
• LEAVENED (adjective)
The adjective LEAVENED has 1 sense:
1. made light by aerating, as with yeast or baking powder; often used as a combining form
Familiarity information: LEAVENED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Made light by aerating, as with yeast or baking powder; often used as a combining form
Context example:
yeast-leavened breads
Antonym:
unleavened (made without leavening)
Context examples
Yet in an instant she had changed again to her old expression of merriment leavened with mischief.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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