fermentation lock

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noun

a valve placed on the top of bottles of fermenting wine to allow bubbles to escape

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Words nearby fermentation lock

Fermat's last theorem, Fermat's principle, Fermat's theorem, ferment, fermentation, fermentation lock, fermentative, fermi, Fermi-Dirac statistics, Fermi energy, Fermi, Enrico

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How to use fermentation lock in a sentence

While the desk sergeant ran a background check, he was roughed up by another officer in the lock-up.
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“Now they will definitely lock Navalny in prison,” one of the women in the crowd said.
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Who knew that a competition where you clutch the hand of another man and lock eyes across a table could be this damn gay.
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In many ways, she seems a lock for the win, but her atheism puts her entire character in question.
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Charges were eventually dropped against them, in part because two had lock-solid alibis.
The Myth of the Central Park Five|Edward Conlon|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The place was used as a lock-up for some time after the incorporation, and the old irons were kept on show for years.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
I do not know—I do not dare to believe—that I shall live to hear that key grating in the lock.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Another manner of punishment consists in making them wear a tin mask, which is fastened with a lock behind.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
The launch was already under way, and young Cargill trying to avoid it better, thrust with his boat-hook at the side of the lock.
Uncanny Tales|Various
He turned into the right number, as he thought, but upon trying to insert the key in the lock he found that he had made a mistake.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux