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Definition of barm in English: barmnoun bɑːmbɑrm 1mass noun The froth on fermenting malt liquor. （麦芽酒发酵时浮在表面的）泡沫状酵母 Example sentencesExamples - Though the recipe included in the book by Weaver calls for a sourdough mixture, I felt that a beer barm might be a good replication of the leavening agent.
- There are still some who believe that bread made with barm had an especially good flavour.
- Spring water, barm and malt of grain have created this classic whisky.
- Poultices of wormwood boiled in grease, barm, or wine, may be applied with good success to white swellings.
Synonyms globule, bead, blister, drop - 1.1dialect, archaic Yeast or leaven.
〈古或方〉酵母 Example sentencesExamples - Elizabeth David, in a fine account of the history of yeast in English baking, remarks that: In Chaucer's England one of the names for yeast or barm was goddisgoode.
- So the first barm-raised bread was developed.
- It looks like barm or yeast, but, being unfit for use, is only beggarly barm at best.
Synonyms leavening, ferment, fermentation agent, raising agent, yeast, baking powder
2Northern English short for barm cake
OriginOld English beorma, of West Germanic origin. Rhymesalarm, arm, Bairam, balm, becalm, calm, charm, embalm, farm, forearm, Guam, harm, imam, ma'am, malm, Montcalm, Notre-Dame, palm, psalm, qualm, salaam, smarm Definition of barm in US English: barmnounbɑrmbärm 1The froth on fermenting malt liquor. （麦芽酒发酵时浮在表面的）泡沫状酵母 Example sentencesExamples - Poultices of wormwood boiled in grease, barm, or wine, may be applied with good success to white swellings.
- Spring water, barm and malt of grain have created this classic whisky.
- Though the recipe included in the book by Weaver calls for a sourdough mixture, I felt that a beer barm might be a good replication of the leavening agent.
- There are still some who believe that bread made with barm had an especially good flavour.
Synonyms globule, bead, blister, drop - 1.1dialect, archaic Yeast or leaven.
〈古或方〉酵母 Example sentencesExamples - So the first barm-raised bread was developed.
- Elizabeth David, in a fine account of the history of yeast in English baking, remarks that: In Chaucer's England one of the names for yeast or barm was goddisgoode.
- It looks like barm or yeast, but, being unfit for use, is only beggarly barm at best.
Synonyms leavening, ferment, fermentation agent, raising agent, yeast, baking powder
OriginOld English beorma, of West Germanic origin. |