yeasty
Use Yeasty in a sentence
sti adjective, yeast·i·er, yeast·i·est.
1.
of, containing, or resembling yeast.
2.
frothy; foamy.
3.
youthful; exuberant; ebullient.
4.
trifling; frivolous.
5.
characterized by agitation, excitement, change, etc.: the yeasty years immediately following college.
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| —adj , yeastier, yeastiest | |
| 1. | of, resembling, or containing yeast |
| 2. | fermenting or causing fermentation |
| 3. | tasting of or like yeast |
| 4. | insubstantial or frivolous |
| 5. | restless, agitated, or unsettled |
| 6. | covered with or containing froth or foam |
| 'yeastily | |
| —adv | |
| 'yeastiness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
He is all about the business of putting life into loamy, yeasty-smelling soils.
Of course, this will have an odor of a bakery, a typical yeasty-type odor.
The crusts are limp, the centers dry, and there is hardly any yeasty aroma to account for.
As a result, even the permanent whiff of cow dung that hangs in the air has an oddly pleasant, yeasty scent.
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