DEF: A process in which bacteria turn sugar into alcohol.
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Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
fermentation (noun)1.
a) a chemical change with effervescence
b) an enzymatically controlled anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) , broadly an enzymatically controlled transformation of an organic compound
2.
- ferment