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fermenter

noun

Any organism, such as a yeast, that causes fermentation.

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Meanings

nounfermenter (plural fermenters)

plural fermenters

Any organism, such as a yeast, that causes fermentation.
A fermentor; a vessel in which fermentation takes place.
Where this has proved impossible, we've outsourced the process using barrels, jars, comost heaps and industrial fermenters.
2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 205

Origin

From ferment + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with fermenter

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APA

fermenter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fermenter

MLA

“fermenter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fermenter. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fermenter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fermenter.

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