Fermenter

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any organism, such as a yeast, that causes fermentation.
  2. 2
    A fermentor; a vessel in which fermentation takes place.

    "Where this has proved impossible, we've outsourced the process using barrels, jars, comost heaps and industrial fermenters."

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"Where this has proved impossible, we've outsourced the process using barrels, jars, comost heaps and industrial fermenters."

Etymology

From ferment + -er.

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non-fermenter

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