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beer

noun \ˈbir\

: an alcoholic drink made from malt and flavored with hops

: a drink made from roots or other parts of plants

Full Definition of BEER

1
:  an alcoholic beverage usually made from malted cereal grain (as barley), flavored with hops, and brewed by slow fermentation
2
:  a carbonated nonalcoholic or a fermented slightly alcoholic beverage with flavoring from roots or other plant parts <birch beer>
3
:  fermented mash
4
:  a drink of beer
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Origin of BEER

Middle English ber, from Old English bēor; akin to Old High German bior beer
First Known Use: before 12th century

Other Alcoholic Beverage Terms

finish, gimlet, mull, sake, setup, sommelier, syllabub, vintner, wassail

Rhymes with BEER

bier, blear, cere, cheer, clear, dear, deer, Deere, drear, ear, fear, fere, fleer, gear, hear, here, jeer, leer, mere, mir, near, peer, pier, Pierre, queer, rear, schmear, sear, seer, sere, shear, sheer, skirr, smear, sneer, spear, speer, sphere, steer, tear, tier, Trier, Tyr, veer, weir, year
BEER Defined for Kids

beer

noun \ˈbir\

Definition of BEER for Kids

:  an alcoholic drink made from malt and flavored with hops

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33 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. beer
  2. bier
  3. beer and skittles
  4. beer barrel
  5. beer belly
  6. beer bong
  7. beer cellar
  8. beer gallon
  9. beer garden
  10. beer goggles
  11. beer gut
  12. beer hall
  13. Beer-Lambert law
  14. beer pong
  15. beer pump
  16. beer stone
  17. birch beer
  18. Choctaw beer
  19. craft beer
  20. distillers' beer
  21. ginger beer
  22. Kaffir beer
  23. near beer
  24. needle beer
  25. root beer
  26. schenk beer
  27. small beer
  28. spruce beer
  29. steam beer
  30. stock beer
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