cider

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ci·der | \ ˈsī-dər

Definition of cider

1 : fermented apple juice often made sparkling by carbonation or fermentation in a sealed container

2 : the expressed juice of fruit (such as apples) used as a beverage or for making other products (such as applejack)

Examples of cider in a Sentence

a cup of apple cider

Recent Examples on the Web That confidence has helped Timoney, who has over 25 years of experience in the beer and cider business, climb to the top of her field. — NBC News, "Women in charge: Heineken USA's CEO Maggie Timoney," 5 May 2021 Silvercloud provides the curated selection of prosecco, craft beer, cider and red wine for this package. — New York Times, "Receptions on Wheels: the Food Trucks Roll In," 27 Apr. 2021 Roper has feverishly worked the phones in recent weeks to fill all 64 of Hopleaf’s beer and cider draft lines. — Josh Noel, chicagotribune.com, "Hopleaf bar to reopen April 1 after 5 quiet months of reflection, tweaks and new food — including a one-off pork burger too good to nix," 10 Mar. 2021 Oregon Recovers lobbyists say raising beer, cider and wine taxes will raise prices for consumers, thus driving down demand for alcoholic drinks that are shown to increase health risks for Oregonians who consume too much. — oregonlive, "Alcohol tax hike would greatly expand addiction treatment in Oregon, but opponents say the state should use existing taxes," 5 Mar. 2021 And that is how Fersa, who usually spends his days with a pair of clippers in hand, ended up hustling from the bar to the patio with trays full of beer and cider for Kahn’s customers on Saturday. — Washington Post, "The staff of a NJ bar was covid quarantined. So a barber came to sling beers and keep the bar open.," 13 Nov. 2020 Sometimes funky and always low-alcohol, piquette appeals to fans of cider and kombucha. — Washington Post, "The pandemic bubble may be starting to burst. Celebrate with bubbles all under $20.," 16 Apr. 2021 Apples played a significant role in that: Adams reportedly drank a tankard of hard apple cider nearly every day. — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, "4 dishes beloved by great presidents past for Presidents' Day: chicken fricassee, hoecakes, apple pandowdy, white bean soup," 10 Feb. 2021 Wine or mixed beverage pairings (which included wine, cider and cocktails) are a $50 add-on and are the handiwork of bar steward Adam Gorski. — Nicole Hvidsten, Star Tribune, "A first look at the new Uptown restaurant from Ann Kim: Sooki & Mimi," 9 Feb. 2021

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History and Etymology for cider

Middle English sider, sedyr, cidre "alcoholic drink (in Biblical translations and references), cider," borrowed from Anglo-French sizre, ciser, cydre, going back to Gallo-Romance *cīsera, by metathesis form of Late Latin (Vulgate) sīcera "alcoholic drink," borrowed from Greek (Septuagint) síkera, borrowed from Hebrew shēkhār, from a Semitic base š-k-r, whence Hebrew shākhar "become drunk," Arabic sikara

Note: The medieval French form sizre is attested once, in the 12th-century Cambridge, or Eadwine Psalter, where it appears as a translation of the Latin siceram in Psalm 68:14 (the Vulgate has vinum in this passage). (For other medieval outcomes and modern dialect forms see Französisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, v. 11, pp. 589-90.) Presumably *cīs(ĕ)ra yielded *tsizdra, which with loss of the internal sibilant yielded cidre (see Pierre Fouché, Phonétique historique du français, vol. 3 [Paris: Klincksieck, 1966], p. 822). Latin sīcera and its vernacular outcomes were likely disseminated and applied to the fermented juice of fruit, especially apples, in monasteries, particularly in non-wine-producing areas of Europe such as Normandy; Norman localization would also account for the thorough penetration of the word into Anglo-French.