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noun
Any live yeast used in brewing or yeast obtained as a by-product of brewing, dried and killed, and used as nutritional yeast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: beverages, brewing, business, food, lifestyle, manufacturing
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noun
used as a leaven in baking and brewing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: baker's yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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Broader terms: yeast
noun
yeast used in fermenting beer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: yeast, barm
Narrower terms: bottom fermenting yeast, top fermenting yeast
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