From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishyeastyeast /jiːst/ noun [uncountable] DFCDFDa type of fungus used for producing alcohol in beer and wine, and for making bread rise —yeasty adjective a yeasty taste
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yeast• Well, there are jokes about yeast infections, frostbite, liver transplants and cereal variety packs.• A sweet tooth One of the most curious symptoms of candidiasis is a craving for sugary foods or for foods containing yeast.• Producing appreciable quantities demands somewhat laborious and delicate manipulations of yeast.• Another, newer type of yeast is gaining in popularity.• Everything they needed was already in the cupboard: flour, sugar, shortening, yeast, and other ordinary ingredients.• Assuming the same thing happens in the gut, then a vitamin deficiency might make the yeast convert to the hyphal form.• The yeast must be pure, or the stars would be poisoned.• Hybrigenics relies on a combination of souped-up yeast and powerful computing techniques to get the job done.Origin yeast Old English gist 