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trub

trub noun: the layer of sediment that appears at the bottom of the fermenter after yeast has completed the bulk of the fermentation.

Noun

trub (countable and uncountable, plural trubs)

  1. (uncountable) The layer of sediment that appears at the bottom of the fermenter after yeast has completed the bulk of the fermentation.
  2. (obsolete) A truffle

Forms of trub

pluraltrubs

Origin of trub

Borrowed from German trüb (“not clear, turbid”). Related to droff (“turbid, sorrowful, sad”)), Dutch droef (“sad, miserable”).

Questions about trub

What does trub mean?
Trub means the layer of sediment that appears at the bottom of the fermenter after yeast has completed the bulk of the fermentation.
What part of speech is trub?
Trub is a noun.
What is the plural of trub?
The plural of trub is trubs.

Words near trub in the dictionary

  1. truants
  2. truantship
  3. truar
  4. truars
  5. Truax
  6. trub
  7. Trubetzkoyan
  8. trubs
  9. Trubshaw
  10. Truby
  11. Trubys

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