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)
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Examples of cider in a Sentence
a cup of apple cider
Recent Examples of cider from the Web
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For a fee, a bartender will bring the show to your room, making the signature cocktail or pouring a glass of cider, wine or beer.
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There’s also a cider tap that opened with Longdrop Cider.
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Wisconsin already allows the sale of other homemade foods, including maple syrup, jams, pickles and other canned goods, as well as raw apple cider, CBS affiliate WISC reports.
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Of the bar’s 14 taps, two nitro taps will be devoted to tea and cold-brew coffee, and two more to cider and wine.
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Pickled Onions 1 large red onion 1 ½ cups apple cider vinegar 1/3 cup sugar ½ teaspoon kosher salt 1 bay leaf 1 teaspoon black peppercorns Peel the onion, cut it in half and slice each half very thinly.
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Fest will include 100 beers, ciders and wines from 50 breweries / vendors, live music and free parking.
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Motörhead even introduced both a hard cider and some beer.
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There are more than a dozen parent and teacher volunteers, all of whom are teetotalers who would get drunk on a single sip of hard cider.
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Origin and Etymology of cider
Middle English sidre, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin sicera strong drink, from Greek (Septuagint) sikera, from Hebrew shēkhār
First Known Use: 13th century
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playDefinition of cider for Students
: the juice pressed out of fruit (as apples) and used especially as a drink and in making vinegar
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