beer

beer

noun \ˈbir\

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

Examples of BEER

1. Would you like beer with dinner?
2. The pub brews its own beer.
3. I'll have a beer, please.
4. a couple of cold beers
5. a glass of birch beer

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