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barm
(bärm)n.
The yeasty foam that rises to the surface of fermenting malt liquors and can be used to leaven bread.
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barm
(bɑːm)n
1. (Brewing) the yeasty froth on fermenting malt liquors
2. (Brewing) an archaic or dialect word for yeast
[Old English bearm; related to beran to bear, Old Norse barmr barm, Gothic barms, Old High German barm see ferment]
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barm
(bɑrm)n.
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
[before 1000; Middle English berme, Old English beorma, c. Frisian berme, Low German barm(e)]
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Noun | 1. | barm - a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey yeast cake - small cake of compressed moist yeast brewer's yeast - yeast used in fermenting beer mother - a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar |
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barm
n → (Bier)hefe f, → Bärme f
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