Definition of BARM

barm

Plural: barms

Noun

  • The foam or froth on fermenting malt liquor; yeast.
  • a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey
  • bosom
  • lap
  • Foam rising upon beer or other malt liquors when fermenting, used as leaven in brewing and making bread; yeast.
  • A small, round, flat individual loaf or roll of bread.

Verb

  • To spurge; foam

Examples

  • His vocabulary was all barm, frothy and impressive but lacking substance.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English barm, barme, berm, bearm, from Old English bearm (“lap; bosom”), from Proto-West Germanic *barm, from Proto-Germanic *barmaz (“lap; bosom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear”). Cognate with German Barm (“lap; bosom”).

Synonyms

yeast

Scrabble Score: 8

barm: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
barm: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
barm: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

barm: valid Words With Friends Word