English noun: brewer's yeast | |||
1. | brewer's yeast (substance) yeast used in fermenting beer | ||
Broader (hypernym) | barm, yeast | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bottom fermenting yeast, top fermenting yeast | ||
2. | brewer's yeast (plant) used as a leaven in baking and brewing | ||
Synonyms | baker's yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae | ||
Broader (hypernym) | yeast | ||
Member meronym | genus Saccharomyces, Saccharomyces | ||