Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fermentable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.95 in modern English

Syllables: fer-mentable
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to ferment or be fermented.

noun

Any substance that can be fermented.

Example Sentences

"“You need to convert the starches in the corn into fermentable sugars,” the always entertaining Mr. Calagione said by phone from his headquarters in Rehoboth Beach."
"Purchase other fermentables (more fermentables mean more alcohol) like dry malt extract, rice syrup, brewers' sugar, liquid malt extract, Belgian candi sugar, or demera sugar or any combination of the above."

Etymology

From ferment + -able.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ferment

Inflected Forms

more fermentable (comparative) most fermentable (superlative) fermentables (plural)

Derived Forms

nonfermentable unfermentable

Questions

What does fermentable mean?: Able to ferment or be fermented.
Where does fermentable come from?: From ferment + -able.

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