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 | ||