beer

¹

[ beer ]

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.

3. an individual serving of beer; a glass, can, or bottle of beer:

   We'll have three beers.

Beer

²

[ beer ]

noun

1. Thomas, 1889–1940, U.S. author.

beer

/ bɪə /

noun

1. See ale
   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

3. modifier relating to or used in the drinking of beer

   beer glass

   beer mat

4. modifier in which beer is drunk, esp (of licensed premises) having a licence to sell beer

   beer cellar

   beer house

   beer garden

Word History and Origins

Origin of beer¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of beer¹

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

Example Sentences

It’s been almost four years since Uber shipped 50,000 cans of beer across Colorado in a self-driving truck.

From Singularity Hub 

Not beer, not the sun,corona is a virus,not a friend, not fun.

From MIT Technology Review

Imagine that you are the young urban professional posted up at the craft beer courtyard, and that it is your son holding a red balloon by a water fountain.

From Voice of San Diego

Under the proposed plan, the bartender would collect all their money at the door and top off the patron’s beers.

From Voice of San Diego

In 2016, an 18-wheeler jam-packed with cans of Budweiser made a beer run from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs—with no driver at the wheel.

From Singularity Hub 

In such beer polls, I suspect a lot of voters would pick Huckabee.

From The Daily Beast

We know that the skies are open season for all manner of drone traffic, from missile launchers to beer droppers.

From The Daily Beast

I was bored, but I grabbed a red Solo cup, filled it with beer, and stayed with my group, chatting with the brothers about Jim.

From The Daily Beast

We arrived to the din of a party in full swing: a band, multiple kegs of beer, dancing, foosball, and mantle diving.

From The Daily Beast

He said officers no longer arrest people for merely having an open beer bottle but instead ask them to leave the alcohol behind.

From The Daily Beast

In Tiefurt we partook of a magnificent collation consisting of a mug of beer, brown bread and sausage!

From Project Gutenberg

A cricket-match was in progress, but the bowling and batting were extremely wild, thanks to The Warren strong beer.

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Beans and bacon, cabbage and brown hard dumplings, formed the bill of fare, which the men washed down with plenty of table beer.

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“Out of sight,” comes the general verdict from the crowd, and bang go a dozen beer glasses in unison on the heavy table.

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The horses gallop, hats are waved in every direction, and those who have no hats flourish beer-bottles instead.

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