yeast

UK /jiːst/ US /jiːst/

noun 5verb 3name 1

Definitions

noun

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.

A single-celled fungus of a wide variety of taxonomic families.

verb

To ferment.

To rise.

To exaggerate.

name

A surname.

Collocations

ADJ.

active, delicious, dry, instant, nutritional, used

I added instant yeast to the flour and warm water to make the bread dough rise.

VERB + YEAST

add, bought, hops

We bought yeast from the supermarket to make fresh bread for Sunday dinner.

YEAST + NOUN

beer, bowl, cells, dough, flour, grocery, scoby, sugar

I bought yeast and flour at the grocery store to bake bread this weekend.

PREP.

from, from, in, with

The baker mixed flour and water with yeast to make the dough rise overnight.

ADV.

often

Bread dough often needs yeast to rise properly and develop a good flavor.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells

barm

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

A microscopical examination of the yeast taken from these rapid vigorous fermentations will only be able to give useful conclusions in one respect.

Wiktionary

But what most puzzled and confounded you was a long, limber, portentous, black mass of something hovering in the centre of the picture over three blue, dim, perpendicular lines floating in a nameless

Wiktionary

Bread is made from flour, water and yeast.

Tatoeba · #34925

Bread is made from flour, water, and often yeast.

Tatoeba · #34926

Yeast makes dough rise.

Tatoeba · #66758

Yeast acts as an agent in making bread rise.

Tatoeba · #66759

Usage Notes

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