fermentation

Plural: fermentations

Noun

• a state of agitation or turbulent change or development
• a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol
• 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
• A state of agitation or excitement; a ferment.

Synonyms

agitation, ferment, fermenting, tempestuousness, unrest, zymolysis, zymosis

Related Words

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