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yeast

DEFINITIONS OF: yeast

1

n any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division

Types:
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, baker's yeast, brewer's yeast
used as a leaven in baking and brewing
Saccharomyces ellipsoides, wine-maker's yeast
used in making wine
Type of:
fungus
an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia

n a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey

Synonyms:
barm
Types:
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yeast cake
small cake of compressed moist yeast
brewer's yeast
yeast used in fermenting beer
mother
a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar
bottom fermenting yeast
brewer's yeast used in bottom fermentation of lager
top fermenting yeast
brewer's yeast used in top fermentation of ale
Type of:
leaven, leavening
a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
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