barm
barm is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Foam rising upon beer, or other malt liquors, when fermenting, and used as leaven in making bread and in brewing; yeast. Shak.
- 2.The lap or bosom. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- air
- airy
- astatic
- balloon
- bubble
- buoy
- buoyancy
- buoyant
- cobweb
- convection
- cork
- down
- draft
- dust
- ether
- ethereal
- feather
- ferment
- float
- floating
- flue
- gossamer
- gossamery
- helium
- hot
- hydrogen
- imponderability
- imponderable
- imponderous
- leaven
- levity
- light
- lighten
- lighter
- lightness
- like
- mote
- portable
- render
- rise
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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