Definition of beer
1 : an alcoholic beverage usually made from malted cereal grain (such 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
Read the Latest from M-W
Examples of beer in a Sentence
Would you like beer with dinner?
The pub brews its own beer.
I'll have a beer, please.
a couple of cold beers
a glass of birch beer
Recent Examples of beer from the Web
-
Craft Beer and Cider Tasting: 3 p.m. to close Friday, 11 a.m. to close Saturday-Sunday; Happy Hour specials 3-5 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday; $25 tasting package of five beer or cider 5.5 ounce pours, additional tastes $2 each.
-
Louisville Water Tower Park, 3005 River Road, 5-11 p.m. Friday, July 21; 4-11 p.m. Saturday, July 22. New Orleans and Memphis-style blues, pit barbecue and the Goose Island Tasting Area with samplings of craft beers.
-
Thursday, July 20, 7:05 p.m. - Fan favorite Thirsty Thursday presented by Miller Lite, Woodbridge and Buffalo Wild Wings with two dollar domestic beer, wine and soft drink specials. Friday, July 21,
-
Or a top-notch craft beer bar with taps featuring brewers like Modern Times.
-
To finish off the fittingly strange segment, Murray poured the rest of his beer onto Offerman, who poured the rest of his onto Ross.
-
Local and Texas craft beer will be a fixture at the restaurant, which will specialize in barbecue plates, taco, burritos, rice bowls, brunch and more.
-
The poker room’s specials during Marlins’ games are $1 draft beer, $2 well drinks and $3 for two chili dogs.
-
Gates open at 6:30 p.m. The family-friendly concert will feature local food vendors, craft beer and wine.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'beer.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Origin and Etymology of beer
Middle English ber, going back to Old English bēor, akin to Old High German bior “beer,” Old Norse bjórr; perhaps all going back to a dissimilated form of Germanic *breura-, a nominal derivative of *brewwan- “to 1brew”
BEER Defined for English Language Learners
beer
playDefinition of beer for English Language Learners
-
: an alcoholic drink made from malt and flavored with hops
-
: a drink made from roots or other parts of plants
BEER Defined for Kids
beer
playDefinition of beer for Students
: an alcoholic drink made from malt and flavored with hops
Learn More about beer
-
See words that rhyme with beer Spanish Central: Translation of beer Nglish: Translation of beer for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of beer for Arabic speakers Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about beer
Seen and Heard
What made you want to look up beer? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
Writing? Check your grammar now!