English > beverage: 1 sense > noun 1, foodMeaning | Any liquid / liquid suitable for drinking. |
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Example | "may I take your beverage order?" |
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Synonyms | drink, drinkable, potable |
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Narrower | alcohol, alcoholic drink, alcoholic beverage, intoxicant, inebriant | A liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent |
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cider, cyder | A beverage made from juice pressed from apples |
cocoa, chocolate, hot chocolate, drinking chocolate | A beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar |
coffee, java | A beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans |
cooler | An iced drink especially white wine and fruit juice |
drinking water | water suitable for drinking |
fizz | An effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic) |
fruit drink, ade | A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice |
fruit juice, fruit crush | drink produced by squeezing or crushing / crushing fruit |
ginger beer | carbonated slightly alcoholic drink flavored with fermented ginger |
hydromel | honey diluted in water |
mate | South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate |
milk | A white nutritious liquid / liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings |
mixer | club soda or fruit juice used to mix with alcohol |
near beer | drink that resembles beer but with less than 1/2 percent alcohol |
oenomel | wine mixed with honey |
potion | A medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage |
refresher | A drink that refreshes |
smoothie | A thick smooth drink consisting of fresh fruit pureed with ice cream or yoghurt or milk |
soft drink | nonalcoholic beverage (usually carbonated) |
tea | A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water |
tea-like drink | A beverage that resembles tea but is not made from tea leaves |
wish-wash | Any thin watery drink |
Broader | food, nutrient | Any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue |
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liquid | A substance that is liquid / liquid at room temperature and pressure |
Spanish | beber, bebida, bebidas, potable, trago |
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Catalan | beguda, potable |
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