BAKER'S YEAST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does baker's yeast mean? 

• BAKER'S YEAST (noun)
  The noun BAKER'S YEAST has 1 sense:

1. used as a leaven in baking and brewing

  Familiarity information: BAKER'S YEAST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BAKER'S YEAST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Used as a leaven in baking and brewing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

baker's yeast; brewer's yeast; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Hypernyms ("baker's yeast" is a kind of...):

yeast (any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division)

Holonyms ("baker's yeast" is a member of...):

genus Saccharomyces; Saccharomyces (single-celled yeasts that reproduce asexually by budding; used to ferment carbohydrates)

 Context examples 

A purified Norwegian Beta-Glucan (NBG), extracted from the cell walls of baker's yeast.

(Immutol, NCI Thesaurus)

A baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) containing high levels of the trace element selenium (Se) with potential chemopreventive, immunomodulating and antioxidant activities.

(High-Selenium Baker's Yeast, NCI Thesaurus)