YEAST as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division
   Hypernyms(s) yeast is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • fungus (what does fungus mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • baker’s yeast (what does baker’s yeast mean?)
   • brewer’s yeast (what does brewer’s yeast mean?)
   • Saccharomyces cerevisiae (what does Saccharomyces cerevisiae mean?)
   • wine-maker’s yeast (what does wine-maker’s yeast mean?)
   • Saccharomyces ellipsoides (what does Saccharomyces ellipsoides mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells
   • used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey
   Synonym(s)
   • barm (what does barm mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) yeast is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • leaven (what does leaven mean?)
   • leavening (what does leavening mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • yeast cake (what does yeast cake mean?)
   • brewer’s yeast (what does brewer’s yeast mean?)
   • mother (what does mother mean?)