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fermentation

noun

1 fermentation

A state of agitation or turbulent change or development.

synonyms: agitation, ferment, tempestuousness, unrest.

Roget 171: energy, physical energy, force, power etc. 157; keenness etc. adj.; intensity, vigor, strength, elasticity; go; ... show more

Roget 315: agitation, stir, tremor, shake, ripple, jog, jolt, jar, jerk, shock, succussion, trepidation, quiver, quaver, ... show more

Roget 353: bubble, foam, froth, head, spume, lather, suds, spray, surf, yeast, barm, spindrift.    cloud, vapor, ... show more

Dutch: gisting, onrust
Polish: ferment

2 fermentation

A process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol.

synonyms: ferment, fermenting, zymolysis, zymosis.

Dutch: fermentatie, gisting, zymose
Polish: fermentacja


Moby thesaurus: acescence, acetification, acidification, acidulation, ado, agitation, alkalization, bluster, bobbery, boil, boiling, brouhaha, bubbliness, bubbling, bustle, carbonation, catalysis, chemicalization, churn, commotion ... show more.

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