Fermented

//fɹ̩ˈmɛntʰəd// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Produced by fermentation.

    "During the Goguryeo kingdom (37 B.C. to A.D. 668), the Maek people in the northern Korean Peninsula ate maekjeok, a dish of grilled pork marinated in doenjang, a fermented soybean paste. Years later, maekjeok evolved into neobiani, a dish of broad, thin slices of beef tenderized and grilled over flames. A feature of royal court cuisine during the Joseon dynasty (1392 to 1910), neobiani is considered a predecessor to today’s beloved bulgogi."

  2. 2
    Of food or drink, turned sour due to unwanted fermentation.
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of ferment form-of, participle, past

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