yeast
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The meaning (definition) of the word yeast
a tiny living thing that puffs bread up and makes it soft.
The word yeast used in a sentence
“Yeast helps bread puff up and get big and fluffy.”
How the word yeast is said around the world
| French | levure |
| Spanish | levadura |
| Mandarin | 酵母 |
| Hindi | यीस्ट |
| Arabic | خميرة |
| Russian | дрожжи |
| Portuguese (EU) | levedura |
| Portuguese (BR) | levedura |
| Japanese | 酵母 |
| German | Hefe |
| Urdu | خمیر |
| Punjabi | ਖਮੀਰ |
| Korean | 누룩 |
| Hebrew | שְׁמָרִים |
| Greek | ζύμη |
| Dutch | gist |
| Filipino | lebadura |
| Vietnamese | men |
| Turkish | maya |
| Persian | مخمر |
| Polish | drożdże |
| Ukrainian | дріжджі |
| Bengali | ইস্ট |
| Swedish | jäst |
| Italian | lievito |
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