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# yeast

noun (yeast, yeasts)

«yeast» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Yeast is a tiny living thing, a kind of fungus, used to make bread rise and to make beer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yeast/#m1)
2. Yeast is the powder or block of these organisms that people buy for baking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yeast/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons pupils feed yeast with sugar and warm water and watch it make bubbles of gas (carbon dioxide). In cooking, yeast makes bread dough rise. Phrases: dried yeast, fresh yeast, yeast extract (spreads like Marmite and Vegemite).

### Examples

- Add yeast to the dough to make it rise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yeast/#x1)
- Yeast is a living thing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yeast/#x2)
- Yeast feeds on sugar and makes gas bubbles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yeast/#x3)
- Warm water helps the yeast work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yeast/#x4)
- Vegemite is made from yeast extract. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yeast/#x5)
- The balloon on the bottle filled with gas from the yeast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yeast/#x6)
- A packet of yeast makes two loaves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yeast/#x7)
- Too hot water can kill yeast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yeast/#x8)

### Note

Mostly uncountable. Pronounced YEEST. Yeast is a fungus, not a plant or an animal. Trap: baking powder makes cakes rise without being alive; yeast is alive.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «yeast» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yeast/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«yeast» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/yeast.html) on Mova free.