hard cider

noun

: fermented apple juice

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Nearby is also Saint Paul Mountain Farms, an orchard and vineyard producing local wines, hard ciders and spirits. Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 20 July 2025 When Virtue sold in 2015, the hard cider business was booming. Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 4 Dec. 2024 At Apple Holler’s Farm Shop, bags of pre-picked peaches are available for purchase, as well as peach hard cider, peach jams, preserves, pies and more. Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 24 July 2025 In addition to the fine craft beers, the brewery offers cocktails, hard ciders, seltzers, wines, and mocktails. Pamela Brown, Hartford Courant, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for hard cider

Word History

First Known Use

1786, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of hard cider was in 1786

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“Hard cider.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20cider. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.

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