bock beer
[ bok ]
/ bɒk /
noun
a strong, dark beer typically brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption the following spring.
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Also called bock.
Origin of bock beer
1855–60; <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 beer
bocconcini, Bochdalek's hernia, Boche, Bochum, bock, bock beer, bockedy, Bockscar, bocor, bod, boda-boda
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British Dictionary definitions for bock beer
bock beer
bock
/ (bɒk) /
noun
US and Canadian heavy dark strong beer
(in France) a light beer
Word Origin for bock beer
C19: from German Bock bier, literally: buck beer, name given through folk etymology to beer brewed in Einbeck, near Hanover
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