fermentverb [ I or T ]
uk/fəˈment/us/fɚˈment/If food or drink ferments or if you ferment it, the sugar in it changes into alcohol because of a chemical process:
You make wine by leaving grape juice to ferment until all the sugar has turned to alcohol.
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Physical & chemical processes
- addition reaction
- adiabatic
- adsorb
- advection
- alpha decay
- degradable
- diffraction
- dissolve
- exothermic reaction
- impregnate
- processus
- redox
- refraction
- rehydrate
- saponification
- scald
- secretion
- suction
- the carbon cycle
- vaporize
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fermentation
noun [ U ] uk/ˌfɜː.menˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌfɝː.menˈteɪ.ʃən/
fermentnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈfɜː.ment/us/ˈfɝː.ment/literarya state of confusion, change, and lack of order or fighting:
The resignation of the president has left the country in ferment.
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Social order & disorder
- anarchic
- anarchism
- anarchist
- anarchy
- ASBO
- breach
- disturb
- havoc
- instability
- lawless
- mayhem
- organized chaos
- pandemonium
- strife
- tinderbox
- turbulence
- turbulent
- turmoil
- unrest
- upheaval
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