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yeast

UK/jiːst/ US/jist/ uncommon slang

noun

1.

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

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Origin

From 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”).

Phrases

  • active dry yeast terms derived from yeast (noun)
  • baker's yeast terms derived from yeast (noun)
  • brewer's yeast terms derived from yeast (noun)
  • compressed yeast terms derived from yeast (noun)
  • fresh yeast terms derived from yeast (noun)
  • red yeast rice terms derived from yeast (noun)
  • selenium yeast terms derived from yeast (noun)
  • true yeast terms derived from yeast (noun)

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