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yeast

[yeest] / yist /
NOUN
leaven
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NOUN
foam
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NOUN
rising agent
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Following the instructions, you mix the flour with yeast, salt and water, give it a quick knead, rest it an hour, then divide it and let it rise on your counter for 8-10 hours.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Soft-baked pretzels were thus seen as the ideal food to eat, since they only called for four basic ingredients: flour, water, salt and yeast.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

To test this idea, he introduced the yeast version of the protein, called Pex11, into the mutant plant cells.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026

Many of the raw ingredients used to make beer, including barley, wheat and brewer's yeast, contain vitamin B6 and the brewing process doesn't kill it all off, research suggests.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

She was messing around with yeast in the kitchen.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart




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