fermenter
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.85 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any organism, such as a yeast, that causes fermentation.
noun
A fermentor; a vessel in which fermentation takes place.
Example Sentences
- "Where this has proved impossible, we've outsourced the process using barrels, jars, comost heaps and industrial fermenters."
Etymology
Etymology tree English ferment Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English fermenter From ferment + -er.