barm

(bärm)

The yeasty foam that rises to the surface of fermenting malt liquors and can be used to leaven bread.

[Middle English berme, from Old English beorma, yeast; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots.]

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barm

(bɑːm)

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]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

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)]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

barm - a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey

yeast

yeast cake - small cake of compressed moist yeast

brewer's yeast - yeast used in fermenting beer

leaven, leavening - a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid

mother - a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar

Translations

barm

n → (Bier)hefe f, → Bärme f

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