wort
noun/wɜrt/
Frequency rank: #14,693 most common English word
Meaning
the liquid extracted from malted grain during the brewing process, before fermentation turns it into beer.
Example sentence
The brewer carefully stirred the wort before adding the yeast to begin fermentation.
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