CIDER

cider, cyder

(noun) a beverage made from juice pressed from apples

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

cider (countable and uncountable, plural ciders)

(British, Irish, Australia, NZ, Canada) An alcoholic, often sparkling (carbonated) beverage made from fermented apples; hard cider; apple cider

(US, Canada) A non-alcoholic still beverage consisting of the juice of early-harvest apples, usually unfiltered and still containing pulp; apple cider; sweet cider (without pulp such a beverage is called apple juice).

(Australia) A non-alcoholic carbonated beverage made from apples.

(in Korea, Japan) A non-alcoholic drink, normally carbonated; equivalent to soft drink.

(countable) A cup, glass, or serving of any of these beverages.

Synonyms

• (alcoholic beverage): hard cider (US)

• (US: non-alcoholic beverage): sweet cider

Anagrams

• Deric, IRCed, Redic, cried, deric, dicer, riced

Source: Wiktionary

Ci"der, n. Etym: [F. cidre, OF. sidre, fr. L. sicera a kind of strong drink, Gr. shakar to be intoxicated, shekar strong drink.]

Definition: The expressed juice of apples. It is used as a beverage, for making vinegar, and for other purposes.

Note: Cider was formerly used to signify the juice of other fruits, and other kinds of strong liquor, but was not applied to wine. Cider brandy, a kind of brandy distilled from cider.

– Cider mill, a mill in which cider is made.

– Cider press, the press of a cider mill.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition