barm

A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells, used to raise dough in bread making and for fermenting beer or whiskey.

• 🇩🇪Bierhefe, die beim Gären von Bier oder Whisky anfällt und als Triebmittel zum Backen von Brot sowie zur Fermentation verwendet wird.

1. Yeast or leavening agent C2 formal british

   A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells, used to raise dough for bread and to ferment beer or whiskey.

   • The baker added barm to the dough to make it rise.
   • Traditional ale is often fermented with barm.
   • The recipe calls for a small amount of barm for the bread.

   🇩🇪Hefe

   Synonyme: fermentleavenleaveningyeast