cider

British, cy·der

[sahy-der]

noun

1. the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation sweet cider or after fermentation hard cider, or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.

cider

/ ˈsaɪdə /

noun

1. Also called (US): hard cider. an alcoholic drink made from the fermented juice of apples

2. Also called: sweet cider. an unfermented drink made from apple juice

Other Word Forms

• ciderish adjective
• ciderlike adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cider¹

1250–1300; Middle English sidre < Middle French < Old French si ( s ) dre < Late Latin sīcera strong drink < Septuagint Greek sī́kera < Hebrew shēkhār (Levit. 10:9); replacing Middle English sithere < Old French sidre

Word History and Origins

Origin of cider¹

C14: from Old French cisdre, via Medieval Latin, from Late Greek sikera strong drink, from Hebrew shēkhār

Example Sentences

A favourite drink is a pint of sweet cider.

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Levy orders a pint of Guinness, Prince William has a pint of sweet cider.

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Fullers produces London Pride, as well cider and soft drinks brand Cornish Orchards and craft cask brewer Dark Star.

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Al Nash said in response to the complaint that the use of a talking can of cider was intended to parody a well-known scene from a Spider-Man film.

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He saw me crossing the road with a bag of cider, which of course was wrong.

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