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BREWER'S YEAST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used as a leaven in baking and brewing
Synonyms:
baker's yeast; brewer's yeast; Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("brewer's yeast" is a kind of...):
yeast (any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division)
Holonyms ("brewer's yeast" is a member of...):
genus Saccharomyces; Saccharomyces (single-celled yeasts that reproduce asexually by budding; used to ferment carbohydrates)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Yeast used in fermenting beer
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("brewer's yeast" is a kind of...):
barm; yeast (a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "brewer's yeast"):
bottom fermenting yeast (brewer's yeast used in bottom fermentation of lager)
top fermenting yeast (brewer's yeast used in top fermentation of ale)
