ALL meanings of yeast
yeast
Y y - noun yeast A microscopic fungus consisting of single oval cells that reproduce by budding, and are capable of converting sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide. 1
- noun yeast fungi 1
- noun yeast for food, dough 1
- noun yeast for beer 1
- 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
- verb without object yeast to be covered with froth. 1
- variable noun yeast Yeast is a kind of fungus which is used to make bread rise, and in making alcoholic drinks such as beer. 0
- noun yeast any of various single-celled ascomycetous fungi of the genus Saccharomyces and related genera, which reproduce by budding and are able to ferment sugars: a rich source of vitamins of the B complex 0
- noun yeast any yeastlike fungus, esp of the genus Candida, which can cause thrush in areas infected with it 0
- noun yeast a commercial preparation containing yeast cells and inert material such as meal, used in raising dough for bread or for fermenting beer, whisky, etc 0
- noun yeast a preparation containing yeast cells, used to treat diseases caused by vitamin B deficiency 0
- noun yeast froth or foam, esp on beer 0
- verb yeast to froth or foam 0
- noun yeast any of various single-celled ascomycetous fungi in which little or no mycelium develops and which ordinarily reproduce by budding: they ferment sugars to form alcohol and carbon dioxide 0
- noun yeast any of various yeasts (esp. genus Saccharomyces) used in food production, as in making beer, wine, etc. and as a leavening in baking 0
- noun yeast any of various yeasts (esp. genus Candida) causing infections or diseases 0
- noun yeast brewer's yeast 0
- noun yeast the yellowish, moist mass of yeast plants occurring as a froth on fermenting solutions 0
- noun yeast this substance dried in flakes or granules or compressed into cakes 0
- noun yeast foam; froth 0
- noun yeast something that agitates or causes ferment; leaven 0
- noun yeast ferment; agitation 0
- intransitive verb yeast to froth or ferment 0