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yeast

The correct spelling is yeast.

How to pronounce yeast

/iːst/
noun

IPA: /iːst/

Say it like: Yee-st

The correct spelling is yeast. An often humid, yellowish froth produced by fermenting malt worts, and used to brew beer, leaven bread, and also used in certain medicines.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.An often humid, yellowish froth produced by fermenting malt worts, and used to brew beer, leaven bread, and also used in certain medicines.
  2. 2.A single-celled fungus of a wide variety of taxonomic families.
  3. 3.A frothy foam.

verb

  1. 1.To ferment.
  2. 2.(of something prepared with a yeasted dough) To rise.
  3. 3.To exaggerate

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