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Barm

Foam rising upon beer, or other malt liquors, when fermenting, and used as leaven in making bread and in brewing; yeast.

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Leaven 76% connected

Any substance that produces, or is designed to produce, fermentation, as in dough or liquids; esp., a portion of fermenting dough, which, mixed with…

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Leavening 76% connected

of Leaven

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Mother 76% connected

A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman who has borne a child.

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Yeast 92% connected

The foam, or troth (top yeast), or the sediment (bottom yeast), of beer or other in fermentation, which contains the yeast plant or its spores, and u…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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