fermenting-agent

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• fermenting — noun a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol • Syn: ↑zymosis, ↑zymolysis, ↑fermentation, ↑ferment • Derivationally related forms:… …   Useful english dictionary

• leavening agent — ▪ baking       substance causing expansion of doughs and batters by the release of gases within such mixtures, producing baked products with porous structure. Such agents include air, steam, yeast, baking powder, and baking soda.       Leavening… …   Universalium

• ferment — n. & v. n. 1 agitation, excitement, tumult. 2 a fermenting, fermentation. b a fermenting agent or leaven. v. 1 intr. & tr. undergo or subject to fermentation. 2 intr. & tr. effervesce or cause to effervesce. 3 tr. excite; stir up; foment.… …   Useful english dictionary

• yeast — n. 1 a greyish yellow fungous substance obtained esp. from fermenting malt liquors and used as a fermenting agent, to raise bread, etc. 2 any of various unicellular fungi in which vegetative reproduction takes place by budding or fission.… …   Useful english dictionary

• MATZAH — (maẓẓah; matzo; Heb. מַצָּה), unleavened bread made from one of five species of grain – wheat, barley, spelt, rye, and oats – mentioned in the Torah, and the only bread which is permitted for use during passover . Matzah (pl. matzot) is the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Alcohol — This article is about the generic chemistry term. For the kind of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages, see Ethanol. For beverages containing alcohol, see Alcoholic beverage. For other uses, see Alcohol (disambiguation) …   Wikipedia

• buro — dry salted and split freshwater fish, repacked with rice, salt and a fermenting agent (Philippines) …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• sugar — sugarless, adj. sugarlike, adj. /shoog euhr/, n. 1. a sweet, crystalline substance, C12H22O11, obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and… …   Universalium

• ferment — verb fə mɛnt 1》 undergo or cause to undergo fermentation. 2》 stir up (disorder). noun fə:mɛnt 1》 agitation and social unrest. 2》 dated a fermenting agent or enzyme. Derivatives fermentable adjective fermenter (US also fermentor) noun …   English new terms dictionary

• yeast — noun 1》 a microscopic single celled fungus capable of converting sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide. [Saccharomyces cerevisiae (brewer s yeast) and related species.]     ↘a greyish yellow preparation of this obtained chiefly from fermented… …   English new terms dictionary

• ferment — ► VERB 1) undergo or cause to undergo fermentation. 2) stir up (disorder). ► NOUN 1) agitation and social unrest. 2) dated a fermenting agent or enzyme. DERIVATIVES fermentable adjective ferme …   English terms dictionary