|  barm 
 
 a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells;
 used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey
 • Syn:
 yeast
 • Derivationally related forms:
 yeasty (for: yeast)
 • Hypernyms:
 leaven, leavening
 • Hyponyms:
 yeast cake, brewer's yeast, mother
 
 
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