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- [yeest]
- /yist/
- /jiːst/
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- [yeest]
- /yist/
Definitions of yeast word
- noun yeast any of various small, single-celled fungi of the phylum Ascomycota that reproduce by fission or budding, the daughter cells often remaining attached, and that are capable of fermenting carbohydrates into alcohol and carbon dioxide. 1
- noun yeast any of several yeasts of the genus Saccharomyces, used in brewing alcoholic beverages, as a leaven in baking breads, and in pharmacology as a source of vitamins and proteins. Compare bottom yeast, brewer's yeast, top yeast. 1
- noun yeast spume; foam. 1
- noun yeast ferment; agitation. 1
- noun yeast something that causes ferment or agitation. 1
- verb without object yeast to ferment. 1
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Origin of yeast
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English ye(e)st (noun), Old English gist, gyst; cognate with Dutch gist, German Gischt yeast, foam, Old Norse jastr yeast, Greek zestós boiled, Sanskrit yásati (it) boils
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Parts of speech for Yeast
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adjective
verb
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pronoun
preposition
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determiner
exclamation
yeast popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Synonyms for yeast
noun yeast
- fungus — any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single-celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic material in which they grow, comprising the mushrooms, molds, mildews, smuts, rusts, and yeasts, and classified in the kingdom Fungi or, in some classification systems, in the division Fungi (Thallophyta) of the kingdom Plantae.
- catalyst — You can describe a person or thing that causes a change or event to happen as a catalyst.
- foam — a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.: foam on a glass of beer.
- froth — an aggregation of bubbles, as on an agitated liquid or at the mouth of a hard-driven horse; foam; spume.
- leavening — a substance, as yeast or baking powder, that causes fermentation and expansion of dough or batter.
verb yeast
- overembellish — Make (something) too ornate or complicated.
- overestimated — Simple past tense and past participle of overestimate.
- overemphasise — (British) alternative spelling of overemphasize.
- overemphasized — Simple past tense and past participle of overemphasize.
- overestimate — to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
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