yeasty
Americanadjective
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of, containing, or resembling yeast.
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frothy; foamy.
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youthful; exuberant; ebullient.
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trifling; frivolous.
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characterized by agitation, excitement, change, etc..
the yeasty years immediately following college.
adjective
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of, resembling, or containing yeast
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fermenting or causing fermentation
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tasting of or like yeast
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insubstantial or frivolous
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restless, agitated, or unsettled
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covered with or containing froth or foam
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The pies are, mostly, worth it: bubbling cheese, fine aroma of basil or oregano, oven-darkened yeasty crusts.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The trick was finding something with the right balance: a little sweetness, enough backbone to be stuffed and twisted, and that yeasty rise that makes monkey bread more than a party trick.
From Salon • Sep. 30, 2025
However, others, like Balanophora subcupularis, have dull colors and a yeasty smell, making it unlikely that vertebrates are involved.
From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2024
Hours before the start of the holiday, Anya Ladchenko, 41, brought her 4-year-old daughter, Sofiya, to learn to make challah, the yeasty braided bread baked in rounds for Rosh Hashana.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2023
Mama would make thin, yeasty bliny and then stuff them with cheese, fold them up, and fry them.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
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