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barm

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What does barm mean?

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WordNet by Princeton University

Noun
barm - a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey
  yeast
  leaven, leavening an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something; "his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor"
  yeast cake small cake of compressed moist yeast
  brewer's yeast yeast used in fermenting beer
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • barm (Noun)
    Bosom, lap.
  • barm (Noun)
    Foam rising upon beer, or other malt liquors, when fermenting, and used as leaven in making bread and in brewing; yeast.
  • barm (Noun)
    A small, flat, round individual loaf or roll of bread.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • barm (n.)
    Foam rising upon beer, or other malt liquors, when fermenting, and used as leaven in making bread and in brewing; yeast.
  • barm (n.)
    The lap or bosom.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • barm
    bärm, n. froth of beer or other fermenting liquor, used as leaven: yeast.—adjs. Barm′y; Barm′y-brained, flighty. [A.S. beorma; cog. with Dan. bärme, Ger. bärme.]

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  • barm, noun, singular of barms.

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