| NOUN | process | fermenting, zymosis, zymolysis, fermentation, ferment | a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances |
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| Sounds | fermeh'ntihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | A process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol. | |
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| Synonyms | zymosis, zymolysis, fermentation, ferment | |
| Narrower | bottom fermentation | A slow kind of alcoholic fermentation at a temperature low enough that the yeast cells can sink to the bottom of the fermenting liquid / liquid |
| top fermentation | A violent kind of alcoholic fermentation at a temperature high enough to carry the yeast cells to the top of the fermenting liquid / liquid | |
| vinification | The process whereby fermentation changes grape juice into wine | |
| Broader | chemical process, chemical change, chemical action | (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved |
| Spanish | fermentación | |
| Catalan | fermentació | |
| Verbs | ferment | cause to undergo fermentation |
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