brewer's yeast

Definition of Brewer's Yeast in English :

1. brewer's yeast

yeast used in fermenting beer

used as a leaven in baking and brewing

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Brewer's Yeast

noun

1.

a yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, used in brewing

yeast (sense 3)

2.

yeast obtained as a by-product of brewing

1.

a yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) used in brewing beer

2.

the byproduct yeast left after brewing, often used in medicine and foods and as a dietary supplement

n.

Any of various yeasts, especially Saccharomyces cerevisiae, used as a ferment in brewing and also as a source of B-complex vitamins.