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TOP FERMENTATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A violent kind of alcoholic fermentation at a temperature high enough to carry the yeast cells to the top of the fermenting liquid; used in the production of ale
Example:
top fermentation uses a yeast that ferments at higher temperatures than that used for bottom fermentation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("top 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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