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yeast

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Yeast means: a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey.

Synonyms for yeast1

noun, as in a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey

barm

What does yeast mean?2

noun

1

a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey

2

any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with yeast?13

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Yeast in a sentence

  • Bread is made from flour, water and yeast.CK
  • Bread is made from flour, water, and often yeast.mailohilohi
  • Mix the salt, dry yeast and flour in a big bowl.honestlang
  • The dough is made from water, flour, salt and instant yeast.Hybrid
  • Mix the eggs, sugar, flour and yeast in a bowl.sundown
  • Bread is made with flour, water and yeast.helloroto
  • Yeast acts as an agent in making bread rise.unknown
  • Don't forget to buy yeast when you go to the supermarket.CK

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Forms of yeast

as a noun

plural
yeasts