yeast

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/iːst/ English

Definitions

noun

An often humid, yellowish froth produced by fermenting malt worts, and used to brew beer, leaven bread, and also used in certain medicines.
A single-celled fungus of a wide variety of taxonomic families.
A frothy foam.

verb

To ferment.
(of something prepared with a yeasted dough) To rise.
To exaggerate

Related words

Synonyms

barm beer leaven leavening powder saccharomyces mushroom fungal fungus fermentation hexokinase fungi raised extract autolyzed fems

Associated

marmite sourdough candida vps ferment homolog fermenting dough wort

Rhymes

beast ceased deceased creased increased decreased high priest love feast policed leased

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