empting
/ˈɛm(p)tɪŋ/(also emptin, emptain)
noun
1= emptying.
- Later examples may be errors for emptying..
2A type of yeast deriving from the process of fermentation, typically used in baking. More generally: yeast of any type; a preparation containing yeast or another raising agent. Compare emptying. Now chiefly historical.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Promptorium Parvulorum. From empt + -ing.
- killing chain
- killing field
- killing ground
- killingly
- killing season
- killing shed
- killing zone
- killjoy
- kill oneself laughing
- kill or cure
- kill ratio
- kill someone with (or by) kindness
- kill switch
- kill the fatted calf
- kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
- kill two birds with one stone
- Killy, Jean-Claude
- kill zone
- Kilmarnock
- Kilmer, Joyce
- kiln
- kiln-dry
- Kilner jar
- kilo
- kilo-