barm

9.6

A foamy liquid left after brewing beer that helps bread rise

noun
/bɑrm/

Archaic

: levadura

The baker added a spoonful of barm to the dough to help it rise.

Examples

Traditional recipes for ale often call for fresh barm as a fermenting agent.
After skimming the barm from the beer, he used it to bake a light, airy loaf.
The baker added barm to the dough.
Do you have any barm for the bread?
After skimming the barm from the beer, he used it to bake a light, airy loaf.
The baker added a spoonful of barm to the dough to help it rise.
Traditional recipes for ale often call for fresh barm as a fermenting agent.

Synonyms

yeast

vsbarm

Specialized

68 1.1

A very small living thing used in baking and brewing to make dough rise or ferment drinks

is a prepared leavening product sold for both brewing and dough rising

leaven

vsbarm

1 5.1

A substance that makes dough rise, like yeast

is the specific commercial leavening product that contains living culture

baker's yeast

vsbarm

Specialized

1 2.9

A small living thing used in baking to make dough rise

is a commercial leavening product that contains this culture for brewing and baking

brewer's yeast

vsbarm

Specialized

1 3.4

A type of yeast used to make beer and sometimes bread

is a commercial product used across both brewing and dough raising

fresh yeast

vsbarm

1 3.2

A soft block of living yeast used to make bread rise

is a sold leavening product that serves both brewing and baking uses

Surface Forms

barm singular

barms plural

Etymology

The word barm comes from the old English word beorma, which meant 'yeast' or 'froth' on brewing beer. Think of skimming the beer's foamy top and using it to make dough rise; that's why barm refers to the yeast used for baking and brewing.