lager

¹

[lah-ger, law-]

noun

1. Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.

verb (used with object)

1. to age (beer) usually by storing in tanks at just-below freezing temperatures for several weeks or months.

lager

²

[lah-ger]

noun

South African.

1. laager.

lager

¹

/ ˈlɑːɡə /

noun

1. a light-bodied effervescent beer, fermented in a closed vessel using yeasts that sink to the bottom of the brew Compare ale

lager

²

/ ˈlɑːɡə /

noun

1. a variant spelling of laager

Word History and Origins

Origin of lager¹

1835–45; short for lager beer, half adoption, half translation of German Lagerbier. See lair ¹, beer

Word History and Origins

Origin of lager¹

C19: from German Lagerbier beer for storing, from Lager storehouse

Example Sentences

The firm vowed to establish the UK's biggest native woodland and peatland restoration project, supported by sales of its Lost Forest lager.

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Wild chimpanzees have been found to consume the equivalent of a bottle of lager's alcohol a day from eating ripened fruit, scientists say.

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“I’m more of a lager guy,” he said.

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He mixed lager with washing soda and iodised salt before adding vitamin C powder last to avoid a foam explosion.

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Campers are allowed to bring their own alcohol into the camping areas but not the main areas, where it costs £6.95 for a pint of lager.

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Related Words

• ale