lactoferment
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To cause (something) to undergo lactofermentation, i.e. lactic acid fermentation.
Example Sentences
- "Still others suggest that no salt at all is needed to properly lactoferment."
- "You can lactoferment mashed avocadoes, but the oil in them can spoil in a hurry and turn brown as it oxidizes."
- "I think it should be possible to lactoferment any of the eat-all greens using standard recipes used with other greens."
Etymology
From lacto- + ferment.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
lactoferments (present, singular)
lactofermenting (participle, present)
lactofermented (participle, past)
lactofermented (past)
lacto-ferment (alternative)