What part of speech is yeast?

Yeast can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. yeast is a verb, present, 1st person singular of yeast (infinitive).
  • 2. yeast is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. yeast is a noun, singular of yeasts.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does yeast mean?

Definitions

Verb

yeast - To ferment.
yeast - To rise.
yeast - To exaggerate.

Noun

yeast - any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division
yeast - a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey

Examples of yeast

#   Sentence  
1. noun Bread is made from flour, water and yeast.
2. noun Bread is made from flour, water, and often yeast.
3. noun Yeast makes dough rise.
4. noun Yeast acts as an agent in making bread rise.
5. noun Yeast makes beer ferment.
6. noun We must add yeast to this dough.
7. noun According to the Bavarian Purity Law, only barley, hops, water and yeast may be used to brew beer.
8. noun I immediately went out to the kitchen and kneaded dough made of flour, butter, sugar, water, salt, and yeast.
9. noun Kombucha is produced by a symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast, or SCOBY.
10. noun Tom bought flour and yeast at the grocery store.
11. noun Yeast is used in making bread.
12. noun Yeast is used in making beer.
13. noun Mix the salt, dry yeast and flour in a big bowl.
14. noun The dough is made from water, flour, salt and instant yeast.
15. noun What do you make the göbädiä dough of? — I combine some milk, an egg, salt, yeast, sugar, vegetable oil and butter.
Sentence  
noun
Bread is made from flour, water and yeast.
Bread is made from flour, water, and often yeast.
Yeast makes dough rise.
Yeast acts as an agent in making bread rise.
Yeast makes beer ferment.
We must add yeast to this dough.
According to the Bavarian Purity Law, only barley, hops, water and yeast may be used to brew beer.
I immediately went out to the kitchen and kneaded dough made of flour, butter, sugar, water, salt, and yeast.
Kombucha is produced by a symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast, or SCOBY.
Tom bought flour and yeast at the grocery store.
Yeast is used in making bread.
Yeast is used in making beer.
Mix the salt, dry yeast and flour in a big bowl.
The dough is made from water, flour, salt and instant yeast.
What do you make the göbädiä dough of? — I combine some milk, an egg, salt, yeast, sugar, vegetable oil and butter.

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