fermentation

Nouns

  • (n) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development
    • the political ferment produced new leadership
    • social unrest
    ferment, unrest, agitation, tempestuousness,
  • (n) a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol fermenting, zymolysis, zymosis, ferment,

Synonyms

ferment unrest agitation tempestuousness fermenting zymolysis zymosis

Words of close approximity

fermentation alcohol