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beer  (bîr)

n.

1.

a. A fermented alcoholic beverage brewed from malt and flavored with hops.

b. A fermented beverage brewed by traditional methods that is then dealcoholized so that the finished product contains no more than 0.5 percent alcohol.

c. A carbonated beverage produced by a method in which the fermentation process is either circumvented or altered, resulting in a finished product having an alcohol content of no more than 0.01 percent.

2. A beverage made from extracts of roots and plants: birch beer.

3. A serving of one of these beverages.

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[Middle English ber, from Old English bor, from West Germanic, probably from Latin bibere, to drink; see p(i)- in Indo-European roots.]

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beer

Noun

1. an alcoholic drink brewed from malt, sugar, hops, and water

2. a glass, can, or bottle containing this drink [Old English beor]

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Beer

See also alcohol; fermentation; wine.

beerocracy

England. the aristocracy that gained its wealth and social position from the ownership of breweries.

cooperage

the barrel or container used to store and ship draft beer.

labeorphily

the collecting of beer bottle labels. — labeorphile, n.

meadophily

the study of beer bottle labels. — meadophile, n.

tegetology

the collecting of cardboard beer coasters. — tegetologist, n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

beer - a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops brew, brewage - drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling draft beer, draught beer - beer drawn from a keg suds - a dysphemism for beer (especially for lager that effervesces) lager beer, lager - a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally it was brewed in March or April and matured until September ale - 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

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beer

noun ale, brew, swipes Brit. (slang) wallop Brit. (slang) hop juice, amber fluid or nectar Austral. (informal) tinnie or tinny Austral. (slang)

Translations

beer [bɪəʳ] n → cerveza

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beer [bɪəʳ] n → bière f

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beer [bɪəʳ] n → Bier nt

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beer [bɪəʳ] n → birra

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beer

n beer [biə]

a type of alcoholic drink made from malted barley flavoured with hops. bier بيرَه، جِعَـه бира pivo øl das Bier μπίρα cerveza õlu آبجو olut bière בִּירָה बियर, एक प्रकार की मदिरा pivo sör bir bjór birra ビール 맥주 alus alus bir bier øl piwo cerveja bere пиво pivo pivo pivo öl เบียร์ bira 啤酒 пиво باجرے کی شراب ، بئیر rượu bia 啤酒

small beer

something unimportant This is small beer compared with his usual work. klein vissies, onbenullighede شيء غَيْر مُهِم дребна работа bezvýznamná věc barnemad ein kleiner Fisch κάτι ασήμαντο, αμελητέο insignificancia, bagatela tühiasi چیز پیش پا افتاده vähäpätöinen juttu broutille(s) פְּעוּט עֶרֶך बेकार tričarija lényegtelen tidak penting lítilræði inezia, cosa di poca importanza つまらぬもの 하찮은 것 menkniekis nieki; kaut kas nenozīmīgs perkara kecil kleinigheid (bare) barnemat małe piwo uma insignificância пустяки maličkosť malenkost sitnica struntsak[] สิ่งที่ไม่สำคัญ önemsiz şey/kimse 瑣細的事情 дрібниця غیر اہم không quan trọng 琐细的事情