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What is the noun for fermentation?

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ferment
  1. Something, such as a yeast or barm, that causes fermentation.
  2. A state of agitation or of turbulent change.
  3. A gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid; fermentation.
  4. A catalyst.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “In my opinion, the albuminous materials were never the ferments, but the nutrients of the ferment.”
      “The ferment excited those pedagogical leaders who agreed with its direction, but it was disheartening for those teachers and parents who wanted schools and classrooms where the adults were in charge.”
fermentation
  1. (biochemistry) Any of many anaerobic biochemical reactions in which an enzyme (or several enzymes produced by a microorganism) catalyses the conversion of one substance into another; especially the conversion (using yeast) of sugars to alcohol or acetic acid with the evolution of carbon dioxide
  2. A state of agitation or excitement; a ferment.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The fermentation of the yeast takes three hours, the rising of the dough another hour, then we shape it, and it rises some more.”
      “There was, in that famous year, a real social fermentation going on, caused by economic disturbance of the most serious kind.”
      “All our diseases are explained on the basis of deposition and fermentation of waste substances.”
fermenter
  1. Any organism, such as a yeast, that causes fermentation.
  2. A fermentor; a vessel in which fermentation takes place.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The boil is finished and the wort is being pumped through the cooling coils to the fermenter.”
      “However, change was found among strains of S. dysenteriae type I as non-lactose fermenter became lactose fermenter.”
      “His test fermenter convinced him it would be possible to turn organic wastes into fuel and compost.”
fermentor
  1. The vessel in which fermentation takes place
  2. Examples:
    1. “A purpose-built brew-house stands next to the pub, complete with a boiling copper and fermentor.”
      “After a few hours in a deep-tank fermentor, the bacteria can convert 72 percent of the sugar into mannitol.”
      “Known as Digestor, Dissector, Cremator, and Fermentor, they sound like a tale from the crypt, not a Northern California metal band.”
fermentability
  1. The state or condition of being fermentable.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The mounting distinction among these non-digestible polysaccharides is their fermentability.”
      “Inulin is a linear fructose polymer belonging to the group of fructans known for its fermentability and bulking properties.”
      “In vitro digestibility and fermentability of levan and its hypocholesterolemic effects in rats.”
fermentate
  1. A product made by fermentation
fermentable
  1. Any substance that can be fermented.
fermentations
  1. plural of fermentation
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Both standard fermentations at mesophyllic and extremophyllic cultures at extremes of temperature and pH are conducted routinely.”
      “Already, some research groups have carried out small-scale experimental fermentations.”
      “There are also certain drinks, such as mead, cider, and perry, which depend on sugar fermentations for their alcohol content.”
fermentables
  1. plural of fermentable
  2. Examples:
    1. “Purchase other fermentables like dry malt extract, rice syrup, brewers' sugar, liquid malt extract, Belgian candi sugar, or demera sugar or any combination of the above.”
fermentates
  1. plural of fermentate
fermenters
  1. plural of fermenter
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “There are temperature controlled fermenters and storage tanks, and good new oak barrels for maturation.”
      “In modern brewing many of the original top fermentation strains have been modified to be bottom fermenters.”
      “The report said 37 of 405 fermenters ranging in size from 2 gallons to 1,250 gallons had been removed.”
fermentors
  1. plural of fermentor
ferments
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