yeast (Meaning)
yeast (n)
a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey
any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division
yeast (n.)
The foam, or troth (top yeast), or the sediment (bottom yeast), of beer or other in fermentation, which contains the yeast plant or its spores, and under certain conditions produces fermentation in saccharine or farinaceous substances; a preparation used for raising dough for bread or cakes, and making it light and puffy; barm; ferment.
Spume, or foam, of water.
A form of fungus which grows as indvidual rounded cells, rather than in a mycelium, and reproduces by budding; esp. members of the orders Endomycetales and Moniliales. Some fungi may grow both as a yeast or as a mycelium, depending on the conditions of growth.
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yeast Sentence Examples
- The warm dough, teeming with yeast, rose steadily in the baking pan.
- The pungent aroma of yeast wafted from the kitchen, mingling with the sweet scent of cinnamon.
- The baker meticulously added yeast to the flour mixture, ensuring the dough's proper fermentation.
- The rapid growth of yeast in the sourdough starter created a bubbly, tangy flavor.
- The scientists studied the microscopic yeast cells under the microscope, observing their intricate structures.
- The yeast infection caused the patient's skin to become inflamed and itchy.
- The process of brewing beer relies on yeast to convert sugars into alcohol.
- The baker piled loaves of yeasted bread high in the display case, tantalizing customers with their golden crusts.
- Researchers investigated the potential of yeast as a sustainable source of biofuel.
- The pungent odor of yeast pervaded the brewery, a testament to the hard work and dedication of the brewmaster.
FAQs About the word yeast
a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey, any of various single-celled fu
stimulus,incentive, motivation, impetus, encouragement, spur, fuel, cause, boost, incitation
disincentive,disincentive,counterincentive, counterincentive,
The warm dough, teeming with yeast, rose steadily in the baking pan.
The pungent aroma of yeast wafted from the kitchen, mingling with the sweet scent of cinnamon.
The baker meticulously added yeast to the flour mixture, ensuring the dough's proper fermentation.
The rapid growth of yeast in the sourdough starter created a bubbly, tangy flavor.
