yeast
Meaning
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- 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 single-celled fungus of a wide variety of taxonomic families.
- A single-celled fungus of a wide variety of taxonomic families.
- A single-celled fungus of a wide variety of taxonomic families.
- A single-celled fungus of a wide variety of taxonomic families.
- A single-celled fungus of a wide variety of taxonomic families.
- A frothy foam.
Synonyms
sexually aroused
yeast fungus
leavenbent
flour for fermentation
fermented preparation
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/jiːst/
Etymology
From Middle English yest, yeest, gest, gist, from Old English ġist, ġyst, from Proto-West Germanic *jestu, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Jääst (“yeast”), West Frisian gêst, gist (“yeast”), Dutch gist (“yeast”), German Low German Gest (“yeast”), German Gischt (“sea foam”), Swedish jäst (“yeast”), Norwegian jest (“yeast”), Icelandic jöstur (“yeast”).
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