C2 noun #133,092 most common

yeast

UK /iːst/ | US /iːst/

An often humid, yellowish froth produced by fermenting malt worts, and used to brew beer, leaven bread, and also used in certain medicines.

yeast in 30 Seconds

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

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun An often humid, yellowish froth produced by fermenting malt worts, and used to brew beer, leaven bread, and also used in certain medicines.
  2. 2
    noun A single-celled fungus of a wide variety of taxonomic families.
  3. 3
    noun A frothy foam.
  4. 4
    verb To ferment.
  5. 5
    verb (of something prepared with a yeasted dough) To rise.
  6. 6
    verb To exaggerate

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