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BOTTOM FERMENTATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A slow kind of alcoholic fermentation at a temperature low enough that the yeast cells can sink to the bottom of the fermenting liquid; used in the production of lager
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("bottom fermentation" is a kind of...):
ferment; fermentation; fermenting; zymolysis; zymosis (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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