noun
- a substance (such as yeast or baking powder) that causes dough or batter to rise by producing gas bubbles
- something that lightens, enlivens, or modifies a whole
Usage: figurative
Examples
- The recipe calls for baking powder as the leavening agent.
- Without proper leavening, the bread will be dense and flat.
- Yeast is a natural leavening that ferments the dough.
- She added a pinch of baking soda for extra leavening.
- His humor provided a welcome leavening to the serious discussion.
- The leavening of hope made the difficult situation more bearable.