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yeastlike

yeastlike

5.9
Having qualities of yeast or made of yeast cells
  • adjective
  • /ˈjiːstlaɪk/
translation icon : similar a la levadura
  • She added a yeastlike culture to the dough to enhance its flavor and texture.

Examples

  • During fermentation, the mixture develops yeastlike bubbles that indicate the yeast is active.

  • The new technique uses liquid fermentation, in which Paecilomyces forms yeastlike cells called blastospores.

    Academic text (1997)

  • The recipe calls for a yeastlike ingredient to help the bread rise.

Synonyms

yeasty
vsyeastlike
1 7.3

Having the froth and smell of beer or fresh bread

is more general in meaning covering resemblance or actual containing of that organism
yeasted
vsyeastlike
3.7

Contains tiny living things that make bread dough rise and help make beer

is broader and also covers mere resemblance to that organism
funguslike
vsyeastlike
7.0

Appearing like mold or a mushroom

is specifically about resembling or containing the baking organism rather than all fungi

Surface Forms

yeastlike positive

Morphology

yeastlike = yeast (transparent) = yeast + like

Formed by the productive suffix '-like' added to the noun 'yeast', meaning 'resembling yeast', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Yeastlike comes from yeast, the tiny organism that makes bread rise and beer bubble, and the ending -like, which means 'similar to'. So something yeastlike has qualities 'similar to' yeast, for example a bubbly foam or a yeasty smell.