HyperDic: barm

English > 1 sense of the word barm:
NOUNsubstancebarm, yeasta commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells
English > barm: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
MeaningA commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey.
Synonymyeast
Narrowerbrewer's yeastyeast used in fermenting beer
motherA stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria
yeast cakesmall cake of compressed moist yeast
Broaderleaven, leaveningA substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid / liquid
Spanishlevadura
Catalanllevat

©2001-24 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact

English | Spanish | Catalan
Privacy | Robots

Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict