barm

Noun
  1. A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells;
    Used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey (synset 115130838)
    is a type of: leaven, leavening - a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
    subtypes:
    • 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
    same as: yeast

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