yeast
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey
Types & categories
- leaven hypernym
- yeast cake hyponym
- brewer's yeast hyponym
- mother hyponym
Related & opposite
- yeasty derivation
Sense 2 noun
any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division
Types & categories
- fungus hypernym
- baker's yeast hyponym
- wine-maker's yeast hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Endomycetales member holonym
Related & opposite
- yeasty derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | yeasty |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | leaven |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | yeast cake |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | brewer's yeast |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mother |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | yeasty |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Endomycetales |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | fungus |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | baker's yeast |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wine-maker's yeast |