BREWER'S YEAST

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Used as a leaven in baking and brewing

Synonyms:

baker's yeast; brewer's yeast; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("brewer's yeast" is a kind of...):

yeast (any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division)

Holonyms ("brewer's yeast" is a member of...):

genus Saccharomyces; Saccharomyces (single-celled yeasts that reproduce asexually by budding; used to ferment carbohydrates)

Meaning:

Yeast used in fermenting beer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("brewer's yeast" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "brewer's yeast"):

bottom fermenting yeast (brewer's yeast used in bottom fermentation of lager)

top fermenting yeast (brewer's yeast used in top fermentation of ale)