yeast
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1.1
- noun
- /jiːst/
- Specialized
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- To make the bread rise properly, you need to add a teaspoon of yeast to the dough.
- yeast bread
- brewer's yeast
- yeast extract
Before that, people only used yeast to make things light.
- Before that, people only used yeast to make things light.
- Our dumplings without yeast were a chewy mess.
- And wouldn't it be cool if someday you could use engineer yeast to brew, right?
- So I tend to stick to things like yeast, salt, water, flour, whatnot, right?
- The microbes, specifically bacteria and yeasts, are transforming the food for us.
- Imagine you take a small bread dough, fill it with raisins and yeast and let it rise.
- And Kaffir actually has, I believe, yeast in it as well.
- At that point you can remove the yeast and store it for later use.
Examples
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Sugar beet molasses, a processing byproduct, is used for making yeast, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals.
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There were buns made with a sweet yeast dough and filled with jam or studded with currants.
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And I think it's because my yeast is just no longer active.
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Before that, people only used yeast to make things light.
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Well, of course you make your own yeast from apples.
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So going back to the bread metaphor, I think this dough needs a little more yeast.
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Imagine you take a small bread dough, fill it with raisins and yeast and let it rise.
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This is simple basics, commercial yeast, all-purpose flour.
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So I tend to stick to things like yeast, salt, water, flour, whatnot, right?
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A trend of frequent upper-respiratory infections, fungal or yeast infections, and urinary tract infections was also observed.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
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3.0
A small solid block that you use in baking to make bread dough rise
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A substance that makes dough rise, like yeast
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A small living thing used in baking to make dough rise
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4.6
A yeast used to turn sugar into gas and alcohol for bread and beer
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A type of yeast used to make beer and sometimes bread
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A soft block of living yeast used to make bread rise
A yeast made of one cell that turns sugar into gas and alcohol in bread and beer
A yeast that rises to the top when beer is made and is used to brew ales
A yeast that sinks to the bottom of a beer tank and makes lager beer
A tiny living thing used to change grape juice into wine
Compounds
- Specialized
A yeast that sinks to the bottom of a beer tank and makes lager beer
- Specialized
An ingredient made from yeast cells that adds a savory taste
- Specialized
A yeast that rises to the top when beer is made and is used to brew ales
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Etymology
Yeast comes from an old Germanic word meaning 'foam' or 'to boil', so imagine the soft bubbles you see when something is bubbling. That's why yeast is the tiny living thing bakers use to make dough bubble and rise.