BARM

yeast, barm

(noun) a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

barm (plural barms)

(obsolete, except in, dialects) Bosom, lap.

Etymology 2

Noun

barm (countable and uncountable, plural barms)

Foam rising upon beer, or other malt liquors, when fermenting, and used as leaven in making bread and in brewing; yeast.

A small, flat, round individual loaf or roll of bread.

Etymology 3

Verb

barm (third-person singular simple present barms, present participle barming, simple past and past participle barmed)

To spurge; foam

Anagrams

• AMBR, Bram

Source: Wiktionary

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Barm, n. Etym: [OE. berme, AS. beorma; akin to Sw. bärma, G. bärme, and prob. L. fermenium. *93.]

Definition: Foam rising upon beer, or other malt liquors, when fermenting, and used as leaven in making bread and in brewing; yeast. Shak.

Barm, n. Etym: [OE. bearm, berm, barm, AS. beorma; akin to E. bear to support.]

Definition: The lap or bosom. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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