fermentation
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fermentation/fɜːmenˈteɪʃn/
▶noun
- 1 the chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria, yeasts, or other microorganisms, especially that involved in the making of beers, wines, and spirits in which sugars are converted to ethyl alcohol.
- 2 archaic agitation and social unrest.
– derivatives
fermentative adjective.
fermentative adjective.
'fermentation' also found in these Oxford entries:
ale
- argol
- biogas
- bottom fermentation
- brew
- cask-conditioned
- dextran
- disgorge
- ferment
- flor
- froth
- fusel oil
- ice beer
- lactobacillus
- malolactic
- malt liquor
- méthode champenoise
- microbe
- must
- propionic acid
- sour
- starter
- stum
- tartar
- top fermentation
- vinification
- wort
- zymase
- zymo-
- zymotic
- zymurgy
