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baker's yeast

baker's yeast noun: any of the strains of yeast of species (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) commonly used in baking bread and similar products.

Noun

baker's yeast (countable and uncountable)

  1. Any of the strains of yeast of species (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) commonly used in baking bread and similar products.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see baker, yeast.

Questions about baker's yeast

What does baker's yeast mean?
Baker's yeast means any of the strains of yeast of species (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) commonly used in baking bread and similar products.
What part of speech is baker's yeast?
Baker's yeast is a noun.

Words near baker's yeast in the dictionary

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  4. Baker's small-toothed harvest mice
  5. Baker's small-toothed harvest mouse
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  11. bakerdom

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