yeast meaning
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[jiːst] [iːst] [-iːst] WYeast
- Yeasts are eukaryotic microorganisms classified in the kingdom Fungi, with 1,500 species currently described (estimated to be 1% of all described fungal species).
- By fermentation, the yeast species Saccharomyces cerevisiae converts carbohydrates to carbon dioxide and alcohols – for thousands of years the carbon dioxide has been used in baking and the alcohol in alcoholic beverages.
- Yeasts do not form a single taxonomic or phylogenetic grouping.
- NounPLyeasts
- 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 microscopical examination of the yeast taken from these rapid vigorous fermentations will only be able to give useful conclusions in one respect.
- (figuratively) A frothy foam.
- An often humid, yellowish froth produced by fermenting malt worts, and used to brew beer, leaven bread, and also used in certain medicines.
- VerbSGyeastsPRyeastingPT, PPyeasted
- To ferment.
- (of something prepared with a yeasted dough) To rise.
- (African American Vernacular, slang) To exaggerate.
- To ferment.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Geneticists have created baker's yeast that can live to 800 in yeast years.
- Stilton works brilliantly with parsnips, providing a savoury richness which feels a little more special than common or garden yeast extract.
- Here, we investigated the likely mechanism of clausmarin A action in yeast and Jurkat T-cells.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of yeast in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "yeast" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb.