Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The chemistry of fermentation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The science of or knowledge concerning fermentation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A treatise on the fermentation of liquors, or the doctrine of fermentation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zymurgy A treatise on the fermentation of liquors, or the doctrine of fermentation.
- noun The science of or knowledge concerning
fermentation .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the branch of chemistry concerned with fermentation (as in making wine or brewing or distilling)
Etymologies
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Examples
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I heard from someone else it's going to be called the zymology zone.
The most unfortunate event in a series of unfortunate events 2004
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They then researched like mad, focusing on the pragmatic side of zymology.
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They then researched like mad, focusing on the pragmatic side of zymology.
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RETIRED GENERAL DAVID GRANGE, CNN MILITARY ANALYST: Well, the zymology of getting Omar and bin Laden would have been great, but -- and I think eventually that will happen, but it hasn't been done.
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For others, it led to a new and more subtle radicalism, as they persuaded first themselves and then the university that the differences between the sexes extended to modes of thinking -- not just in women's studies but in every other subject, from aardvarks to zymology.
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"The Internet is now being used as a medium for everything from accommodation bookings to research on zymology," says Luke Blackwell, Head of Information Technology at Rosetta's London headquarters, who is also responsible for developing Rosetta's website localisation services.
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"The Internet is now being used as a medium for everything from accommodation bookings to research on zymology," says Luke Blackwell, Head of Information Technology at Rosetta's London headquarters, who is also responsible for developing Rosetta's website localisation services.
trivet commented on the word zymology
The study of fermentation.
March 6, 2007