beer
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beer/bɪə(r)/
▶noun an alcoholic drink made from yeast-fermented malt flavoured with hops.
■ used in names of certain other fermented drinks, e.g. ginger beer.
– phrases
beer and skittles Brit. amusement or enjoyment.
beer and skittles Brit. amusement or enjoyment.
– derivatives
beerily adverb,
beeriness noun,
beery adjective.
beerily adverb,
beeriness noun,
beery adjective.
– origin OE bēor, of W. Gmc origin, based on monastic L. biber ‘a drink’, from L. bibere ‘to drink’.
'beer' also found in these Oxford entries:
abeyance
- alcohol
- ale
- barrel
- beer belly
- beer cellar
- beer engine
- beer garden
- beerhouse
- beer mat
- beer money
- beer parlour
- bitter
- bock
- boilermaker
- brew
- brewery
- brewpub
- brewski
- brown ale
- carbonnade
- cask beer
- cask-conditioned
- chicha
- draught
- fine
- fining
- finish
- forebear
- free house
- ginger beer
- glass
- guest beer
- gueuze
- half
- hard
- head
- heavy
- hogshead
- home brew
- hop
- ice beer
- jar
- keg
- keg beer
- lager
- Lambic
- malt liquor
- microbrew
