BEER

beer

(noun) a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

beer (countable and uncountable, plural beers)

(uncountable) An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt, often with hops or some other substance to impart a bitter flavor.

Synonym: Thesaurus:beer

(uncountable) A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc.

(uncountable) A solution produced by steeping plant materials in water or another fluid.

(countable) A glass, bottle, or can of any of the above beverages.

(countable) A variety of the above beverages.

Verb

beer (third-person singular simple present beers, present participle beering, simple past and past participle beered)

(informal, transitive) To give beer to (someone)

Etymology 2

Noun

beer (plural beers)

(nonstandard) One who is or exists.

Anagrams

• Bree, Eber, Reeb, bere, bree, eber, reeb

Proper noun

Beer

A village in East Devon district, Devon, England.

A surname.

Anagrams

• Bree, Eber, Reeb, bere, bree, eber, reeb

Source: Wiktionary


Beer, n. Etym: [OE. beor, ber, AS. beĂłr; akin to Fries. biar, Icel. bj, OHG. bior, D. & G. bier, and possibly E. brew. *93, See Brew.]

1. A fermented liquor made from any malted grain, but commonly from barley malt, with hops or some other substance to impart a bitter flavor.

Note: Beer has different names, as small beer, ale, porter, brown stout, lager beer, according to its strength, or other qualities. See Ale.

2. A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc. Small beer, weak beer; (fig.) insignificant matters. "To suckle fools, and chronicle small beer." Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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