Bock
or bock
[ bok ]
/ bɒk /
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noun
a strong, dark beer traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption the following spring.
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Also called Bock beer, bock beer [bok] /ˈbɒk ˈbɪər/ .
Origin of Bock
First recorded in 1855–60; from German Bock, Bockbier literally, “buck beer,” perhaps by misdivision of Eimbecker Bier (as if ein Bockbier “one Bockbier”) beer of Eimbeck in Lower Saxony, Germany
Words nearby Bock
Boccioni, bocconcini, Bochdalek's hernia, Boche, Bochum, Bock, bock beer, bockedy, Bockscar, bocor, bod
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