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home-brew

[ hohm-broo ]
/ ˈhoʊmˈbru /
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noun
beer or other alcoholic beverage made at home.
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Origin of home-brew

First recorded in 1850–55

OTHER WORDS FROM home-brew

home-brewed, adjective

Words nearby home-brew

homebody, homebound, homeboy, home brand, homebred, home-brew, homebuilder, homebuilding, homebuyer, home-care, home center
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Words related to home-brew

bootleg, firewater, hooch, rotgut, moonshine, mountain dew, white lightning, bathtub gin, corn liquor, sheepdip, white mule

How to use home-brew in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for home-brew

home-brew
noun
a beer or other alcoholic drink brewed at home rather than commercially
Canadian informal a professional football player who was born in Canada and is not an import

Derived forms of home-brew

home-brewed, adjective
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