beer

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noun
  1. an alcoholic beverage made by brewing and fermentation from cereals, usually malted barley, and flavored with hops and the like for a slightly bitter taste.

  2. any of various beverages, whether alcoholic or not, made from roots, molasses or sugar, yeast, etc.: root beer; ginger beer.

  1. an individual serving of beer; a glass, can, or bottle of beer: We'll have three beers.

Origin of beer

1
First recorded before 1000; Middle English bere, Old English bēor; cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German bior, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch bēr, Dutch, German Bier (Old Norse bjōrr, probably from Old English); further origin uncertain

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Beer
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noun
  1. Thomas, 1889–1940, U.S. author.

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British Dictionary definitions for beer

beer

/ (bɪə) /


noun
  1. an alcoholic drink brewed from malt, sugar, hops, and water and fermented with yeast: Compare ale

  2. a slightly fermented drink made from the roots or leaves of certain plants: ginger beer; nettle beer

  1. (modifier) relating to or used in the drinking of beer: beer glass; beer mat

  2. (modifier) in which beer is drunk, esp (of licensed premises) having a licence to sell beer: beer house; beer cellar; beer garden

Origin of beer

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Old English beor; related to Old Norse bjōrr, Old Frisian biār, Old High German bior

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