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FERMENTABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fermentable mean?
• FERMENTABLE (adjective)
The adjective FERMENTABLE has 1 sense:
1. capable of being fermented
Familiarity information: FERMENTABLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of being fermented
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
fermentation (a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol)
Context examples
A mixture of non-digestible carbohydrates, containing the fermentable plant fructans oligosaccharide and inulin, with potential prebiotic activity.
(Oligofructose-enriched inulin, NCI Thesaurus)
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