yeasts

Yeasts are small, single-celled organisms that are used to make bread, wine, and other types of alcoholic drinks. They are also used to make bread rise.

  • Yeasts are used to make bread rise.

  • Yeasts are used to make wine.

Definition of yeasts

noun

a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey

Synonyms:

barm

noun

any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division

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Example Sentences for yeasts

  • 1

    The yeast is still present in the bread but is dead because of the fire.

  • 2

    Dessolve the yeast into the water.

  • 3

    Sprinkle in the yeast and wait 10 minutes for the yeast to do its thing.

  • 4

    The yeast has a long history as a spoilage yeast within the food industry.

  • 5

    Add the yeast to the dough and knead.

  • 6

    They differ in the yeast and the fermentation temperature.

  • 7

    This is the case for example in the mating of yeast.

  • 8

    The mechanism in yeast and bacteria is the reverse of this reaction.

  • 9

    The yeast will ferment the sugars in the juice into alcohol.

  • 10

    Yeast is a microorganism that promotes the fermentation of the beer.