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| NOUN | 1 | yeast, barm | A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells |
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| 2 | yeast | Any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division |
| Sounds | yiy'st |
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| Rhymes | beast, deceased, decreased, and 15 more rhymes in iyst... |
| Meaning | A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells. Used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey. |
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| Synonyms | barm |
| Broader | leaven, leavening |
| Narrower | yeast cake; brewer's yeast; mother |
| Adjectives | yeasty, yeastlike |
| Meaning | Any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division. |
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| Member of | Endomycetales, order Endomycetales |
| Broader | fungus |
| Narrower | baker's yeast, brewer's yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae; wine-maker's yeast, Saccharomyces ellipsoides |
| Adjectives | yeasty |
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