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ale
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ale  (l)
n.
1. A fermented alcoholic beverage containing malt and hops, similar to but heavier than beer.
2. A serving of this beverage.

[Middle English, from Old English ealu, alu; see alu- in Indo-European roots.]

ale [eɪl]
n
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) a beer fermented in an open vessel using yeasts that rise to the top of the brew Compare beer, lager1
2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) (formerly) an alcoholic drink made by fermenting a cereal, esp barley, but differing from beer by being unflavoured by hops
3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) Chiefly Brit another word for beer
[Old English alu, ealu; related to Old Norse öl, Old Saxon alofat]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.aleale - a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
beer - a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops
Weissbier, wheat beer, white beer - a general name for beers made from wheat by top fermentation; usually very pale and cloudy and effervescent
bitter - English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)
Burton - a strong dark English ale
pale ale - an amber colored ale brewed with pale malts; similar to bitter but drier and lighter
porter's beer, porter - a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley
stout - a strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops
Translations
ale [eɪl] Ncerveza f
see also brown E
see also light 2 D
see also pale 1 C

ale [ˈeɪl] nbière f

ale
n (old)Ale nt ? real ale

ale [eɪl] nbirra

ale
n ale [eil]
the name given to certain kinds of beer two pints of ale. Engelse bier شِرَاب مِن نَوع الجَعَه ейл, английска, светла бива druh anglického piva øl das englisches Bier είδος μπίρας cerveza de fermentación alta, ale õlu ایل؛ نوعی آبجو انگلیسی vaalea olut ale מִין בִּירָה बियर, जौ की बनी शराब svijetlo pivo világos sör sejenis bir öl, bjór birra chiara ビールの一種 에일 šviesusis alus [] alus sejenis bir bier øl (typ piwa) cerveja bere эль pivo (druh) pivo vrsta svetlog piva öl, ale เครื่องดื่มมีแอลกอฮอล์ชนิดหนึ่งที่ทำจากข้าวมอลต์ bira 麥芽酒 пиво, ель شراب (جو کی) کی ایک قسم rượu bia


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