hard cider

noun

: fermented apple juice

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The bill leaves some room to adjust the fees, with maximums of 5 cents per gallon of beer, hard cider, or apple wine; 7 cents per liter of wine; and 35 cents per liter of spirits. Denver Post, 27 Feb. 2026 At the Indian King, that traveler could find a hot meal and a pint of beer or hard cider. Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026 The two had spent hours chatting as Shamblin drank hard ciders on a remote Texas roadside. Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025 Give your 19th-century plowman a dozen hard ciders, though, and see whether that plays a more significant role in his evening than his urge to pull himself up by his bootstraps. Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hard cider

Word History

First Known Use

1786, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 5 Mar. 2026.

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