self-raising
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Depending on your television diet, your favourite reality competition might take place in a Spanish villa, the Australian jungle, a Hertfordshire ballroom, or a giant tent filled with ovens and self-raising flour.
From BBC • Dec. 21, 2022
Because Hussain developed the recipe with the self-raising flour commonly used in England, which includes baking powder, you’ll find that leavener included along with yeast here.
From Washington Post • Aug. 3, 2021
Back in Spakenburg, experts say the self-raising dike is a good example not only of new techniques for holding back rising tides, but also how to integrate such barriers in spatial planning.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 12, 2017
It seems she had used plain flour by mistake, instead of self-raising.
From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2012
She found a splendid trout, a packet of tea, and a little bag of self-raising flour, among other sundries, and for the next half-hour she kept Nasmyth busy making flapjacks and frying the trout.
From The Greater Power by Dunton, W. Herbert
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