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yeast [yeest] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
yeast [yeest]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: leaven
Synonyms: ferment, fungus, leavening
Main Entry: yeast
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: rising agent
Synonyms: catalyst, fermenter, foam, froth, fungus, leavening
Main Entry: embroider
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: exaggerate information
Synonyms: aggrandize, amplify, blow-up, build up, color, distend, dramatize, elaborate, embellish, enhance, enlarge, expand, falsify, fudge, heighten, hyperbolize, lie, magnify, make federal case, make mountain out of molehill, overdo, overelaborate, overembellish, overemphasize, overestimate, overstate, pad, play up, puff, romanticize, spread on thick, stretch, stretch the truth, yeast
Example Sentences
  • It tenderizes meat and slows the development of yeast in bread dough, preventing the dough from over-rising and collapsing.
  • Combine flours, cornmeal, yeast and salt in a large bowl.
  • The yeast cells release ethanol as a byproduct of their metabolism, and the ethanol can be distilled to make it more concentrated.
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Main Entry: ferment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: substance causing chemicals to split into simpler substances
Synonyms: bacteria, bacterium, barm, ebullition, enzyme, fermentation agent, leaven, leavening, mold, seethe, simmer, yeast
Main Entry: foam
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: bubbles formed from a liquid
Synonyms: cream, fluff, froth, head, lather, scum, spray, spume, suds, surf, yeast
Main Entry: froth
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: lather, bubbles
Synonyms: barm, ebullition, effervescence, fizz, foam, head, scud, scum, spindrift, spray, spume, suds, yeast
Main Entry: lather
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: bubbles
Synonyms: cream, foam, froth, head, soap, soapsuds, spume, suds, yeast
Main Entry: leavening
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: catalyst
Synonyms: adjuvant, agitator, enzyme, ferment, goad, impetus, impulse, incendiary, incentive, incitation, incitement, leaven, motivation, radical stimulus, reactant, reactionary, spark plug, spur, stimulant, synergist, wave maker, yeast
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Main Entry: foam
Part of Speech: noun, verb
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Adjectives:
afoam, bubbling, effervescent, frothy, nappy, sparkling, spumescent, spumous, vaporous
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