compressed yeast

noun

A cake yeast made by filtering the cells from the liquid in which they are grown, subjecting to heavy pressure, and mixing with starch or flour.

Meanings

nouncompressed yeast (countable and uncountable, plural compressed yeasts)

plural compressed yeasts

  1. countableuncountableA cake yeast made by filtering the cells from the liquid in which they are grown, subjecting to heavy pressure, and mixing with starch or flour.
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