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barms

barms is the plural of barm.

Meaning of barm

Noun (1)

barm (plural barms)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) bosom
  2. (dialectal, obsolete) lap

Noun (2)

barm (countable and uncountable, plural barms)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) Foam rising upon beer or other malt liquors when fermenting, used as leaven in brewing and making bread; yeast.
    • [A]nd sometimes make the drink to bear no barm.c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First...
  2. (dialectal, obsolete) A small, round, flat individual loaf or roll of bread.

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Phrases with barms

Questions about barms

What is barms the plural of?
Barms is the plural of barm.

Words near barms in the dictionary

  1. barmote
  2. barmotes
  3. Barmouth
  4. barmpot
  5. barmpots
  6. barms
  7. barmskin
  8. barmskins
  9. Barmston
  10. Barmudah
  11. barmy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: barms (page history and authors); barm (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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