beer (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *beer*:
NOUN	food	beer	a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture / mixture of cereals) flavored with hops

beer > pronunciation
Sounds	bih'r
Rhymes	acyclovir ... zaire / Zaire: 93 rhymes with ihr...

English > *beer*: 1 sense > noun 1, food
Meaning	A general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture / mixture of cereals) flavored with hops.
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

HyperDic: beer