NOUN | food | beer | a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture / mixture of cereals) flavored with hops |
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Sounds | bih'r | |
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Rhymes | acyclovir ... zaire / Zaire: 93 rhymes with ihr... |
Meaning | A general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture / mixture of cereals) flavored with hops. | |
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Narrower | ale | A general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast |
draft beer, draught beer | beer drawn from a keg | |
lager, lager beer | A general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing) | |
suds | A dysphemism for beer (especially for lager that effervesces) | |
Broader | brew, brewage | drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling |
Spanish | birra, cerveza | |
Catalan | birra, cervesa | |
Adjectives | beery | smelling of beer |
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