yeast
An often humid, yellowish froth produced by fermenting malt worts, and used to brew…An often humid, yellowish froth produced by fermenting malt worts, and used to brew beer, leaven bread, and also used in certain medicines.
» Bread is made from flour, water and yeast.
Brot wird aus Mehl, Wasser und Hefe hergestellt.
Brot besteht aus Mehl, Wasser und Hefe.
Хлеб делают из муки, воды и дрожжей.
Хліб виготовляють із борошна, води й дріжджів.
Хліб робиться з борошна, води та дріжджів.
Meaning
8 senses(countable, uncountable)An often humid, yellowish froth produced by fermenting malt worts, and used to brew beer, leaven bread, and also used in certain medicines.
Hefe, Bärme, Germ
дро́жжиdróžži
дрі́жджіdríždži
a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey
(countable, uncountable)A single-celled fungus of any of a wide variety of taxonomic families.
any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division
A true yeast or budding yeast in order Saccharomycetales.
(countable, uncountable)Baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)
Baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)
(countable, uncountable)A compressed cake or dried granules of this substance used for mixing with flour to make bread dough rise.
Hefe, Bärme, Germ
дро́жжиdróžži
дрі́жджіdríždži
A true yeast or budding yeast in order Saccharomycetales.
(countable, uncountable)Brewer's yeast, certain species of Saccharomyces, principally Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces carlsbergensis.
A single-celled fungus of any of a wide variety of taxonomic families.
(countable, uncountable)Candida, a ubiquitous fungus that can cause various kinds of infections in humans.
Candida, a ubiquitous fungus that can cause various kinds of infections in humans.
(countable, uncountable)The resulting infection, candidiasis.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)A frothy foam.
Gischt
Examples
30 sentencesBread is made from flour, water and yeast.
Хліб виготовляють із борошна, води й дріжджів.
ruХлеб делают из муки, воды и дрожжей.
deBrot wird aus Mehl, Wasser und Hefe hergestellt.
Don't forget to buy yeast when you go to the supermarket.
Yeast is used in making bread.
ruДрожжи используются при выпечке хлеба.
deHefe wird benutzt, um Brot zu machen.
Yeast is used in making beer.
ruДрожжи используют для создания пива.
Yeast makes dough rise.
Дріджі піднімають тісто.
ruДрожжи заставляют тесто подниматься.
deHefe lässt den Teig aufgehen.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English yest, yeest, gest, gist, from Old English ġist, ġyst, from Proto-WestFrom Middle English yest, yeest, gest, gist, from Old English ġist, ġyst, from Proto-West Germanic *jestu, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Jääst (“yeast”), West Frisian gêst, gist (“yeast”), Dutch gist (“yeast”), German Low German Gest (“yeast”), German Gischt (“sea foam”), Swedish jäst (“yeast”), Norwegian jest (“yeast”), Icelandic jöstur (“yeast”).
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Forms
plural: yeastsSynonyms
1 synonyms- a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey:barm
Word family
19 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable