yeast /ji:st/
Meaning
English definition
- (n.) a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey
- (n.) any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division
Chinese translation
- n. 酵母
- [化] 酵母
Word details
- Part of speech
- noun
- Pronunciation
- /ji:st/
- Syllables
- 1
- Exam levels
- CET-6 · GRE
- Frequency
- Zipf 3.67 · Super Rare
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