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beer

a fermented alcoholic beverage: He went to the tavern for a beer.
Not to be confused with:
bier – a funeral litter: They placed the coffin on the bier.
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beer

(bîr)
n.
1.
a. A fermented alcoholic beverage brewed from malt, usually flavored with hops.
b. A fermented beverage brewed by traditional methods that is then dealcoholized so that the finished product contains no more than 0.5 percent alcohol.
c. A carbonated beverage produced by a method in which the fermentation process is either circumvented or altered, resulting in a finished product having an alcohol content of no more than 0.01 percent.
2. A beverage made from extracts of roots and plants: birch beer.
3. A serving of one of these beverages.
[Middle English ber, from Old English bēor, from West Germanic, probably from Latin bibere, to drink; see pō(i)- in Indo-European roots.]
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beer

(bɪə)
n
1. (Brewing) an alcoholic drink brewed from malt, sugar, hops, and water and fermented with yeast. Compare ale
2. (Brewing) a slightly fermented drink made from the roots or leaves of certain plants: ginger beer; nettle beer.
3. (modifier) relating to or used in the drinking of beer: beer glass; beer mat.
4. (modifier) in which beer is drunk, esp (of licensed premises) having a licence to sell beer: beer house; beer cellar; beer garden.
[Old English beor; related to Old Norse bjōrr, Old Frisian biār, Old High German bior]
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beer

(bɪər)

n.
1. an alcoholic beverage made by brewing and fermentation from cereals, usu. malted barley, and flavored with hops and the like for a slightly bitter taste.
2. any of various beverages, whether alcoholic or not, made from roots, molasses or sugar, yeast, etc., as root beer.
[before 1000; Middle English bere, Old English bēor, c. Old Saxon, Old High German bior]
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Beer


England. the aristocracy that gained its wealth and social position from the ownership of breweries.
the barrel or container used to store and ship draft beer.
the collecting of beer bottle labels. — labeorphile, n.
the study of beer bottle labels. — meadophile, n.
the collecting of cardboard beer coasters. — tegetologist, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:beer - a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops]beer - a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops
brew, brewage - drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling
draft beer, draught beer - beer drawn from a keg
suds - a dysphemism for beer (especially for lager that effervesces)
lager beer, lager - a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally it was brewed in March or April and matured until September
ale - a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
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beer

noun ale, brew, swipes (Brit. slang), wallop (Brit. slang), hop juice, amber fluid or nectar (Austral. informal), tinnie or tinny (Austral. slang) We have quite a good range of beers.
Quotations
"And malt does more than Milton can"
"To justify God's ways to man" [A E Housman A Shropshire Lad]
"They who drink beer will think beer" [Washington Irving The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon]
"Then to the spicy nut-brown ale" [John Milton L'Allegro]

Beers

ale, barley wine, Bière de Garde, black and tan, bock beer or bock, boilermaker, bottle-conditioned beer or ale, brown ale, cask-conditioned beer or ale, Christmas beer or ale, draught beer, eighty shilling or eighty, export, fruit beer, guest beer, gueuze, half-and-half, heavy (Scot.), home-brew, ice beer, India Pale Ale or IPA, Kaffir beer, keg beer, Kölsch, lager, lambic, light (Scot.), light ale, mild, milk stout, nog or nogg (dialect), pale ale, Pils, Pilsner or Pilsener, plain (Irish), porter, Rauchbier, real ale, seventy shilling or seventy, shandy, shebeen or shebean (Irish & U.S.), sixty shilling or sixty, special, stingo, stout, sweet stout, Trappist beer, Weissbier, Weizenbier, wheat beer
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Translations
بِيرَة بيرَه، جِعَـه
pivo
øl
biero
kalikesvamärjukeõlu
olutoluttuoppisahtituoppiuute
pivo
sör
bjóröl
ビール
맥주
cervisia
alusmenkniekis
alus
bier biertje
bere
pivo
pivo
öl
bia
เบียร์
пиво
biarượurượu bia

beer

[bɪəʳ]
A. N → cerveza f
draught beer → cerveza f de barril
light/dark beer → cerveza f rubia/negra
we're only here for the beer (hum) → venimos en plan de diversión
life isn't all beer and skittles (Brit) → la vida no es un lecho de rosas, la vida no es todo Jauja
see also small A1
B. CPD beer barrel N → barril m de cerveza
beer belly N → panza f (de beber cerveza)
beer bottle N → botella f de cerveza
beer can N → bote m or lata f de cerveza
beer garden N → terraza f de verano, jardín m (de un bar)
beer glass N → jarra f de cerveza
beer gut N = beer belly
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beer

[ˈbɪər] n → bière f
Would you like a beer? → Tu veux une bière?beer belly n → bedaine f (de buveur de bière) beer bottle n → canette f de bière beer can n → canette f de bière beer garden n (British) → jardin m attenant à un pub beer glass n → bock mbeer gut beer-gut n (= beer belly) → bedaine f (de buveur de bière)
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beer

n → Bier nt; two beers, please → zwei Bier, bitte; life is not all beer and skittles → das Leben ist nicht nur eitel Sonnenschein

beer

in cpds → Bier- ;
beer belly
n (inf) → Bierbauch m (inf)
beer bottle
n → Bierflasche f
beer bust
n (US Univ sl: = party) → Bierfete f (inf), → Biersause f (sl); (= drinking spree) → Saufgelage nt (pej inf)
beer can
n → Bierdose f
beer cellar
n → Bierkeller m
beer garden
n (Brit) → Biergarten m
beer glass
n → Bierglas nt
beer gut
n (inf) → Bierbauch m (inf)
beer mat
n (Brit) → Bierdeckel m
beer money
n (inf) → Geld nt → für Getränke ; to keep somebody in beer → ein nettes Taschengeld für jdn sein; (extra income) → ein nettes Zubrot für jdn sein
beer-pull
n → Bierpumpengriff m
beer-swilling
adj (pej inf) → Bier saufend (inf)
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beer

[bɪəʳ] n → birra
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beer

(biə) noun
a type of alcoholic drink made from malted barley flavoured with hops. bier بيرَه، جِعَـه бира cerveja pivo das Bier øl μπίρα cerveza õlu آبجو olut bière בירה बियर, एक प्रकार की मदिरा pivo sör bir bjór birra ビール 맥주 alus alus bir bier øl piwo cerveja bere пиво pivo pivo pivo öl เบียร์ bira 啤酒 пиво باجرے کی شراب ، بئیر rượu bia 啤酒
small beer
something unimportant. This is small beer compared with his usual work. klein vissies, onbenullighede شيء غَيْر مُهِم дребна работа insignificante bezvýznamná věc ein kleiner Fisch barnemad κάτι ασήμαντο, αμελητέο insignificancia, bagatela tühiasi چیز پیش پا افتاده vähäpätöinen broutille פְּעוּט עֶרֶך बेकार tričarija lényegtelen tidak penting lítilræði inezia, cosa di poca importanza つまらぬもの 변변치 않은 것 menkniekis nieki; kaut kas nenozīmīgs perkara kecil kleinigheid barnemat małe piwo uma insignificância пустяки maličkosť malenkost sitnica struntsak[er] สิ่งที่ไม่สําคัญ önemsiz şey/kimse 小事一樁 дрібниця غیر اہم không quan trọng 琐事
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beer

→ بِيرَة pivo øl Bier μπίρα cerveza olut bière pivo birra ビール 맥주 bier øl piwo cerveja пиво öl เบียร์ bira bia 啤酒
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beer

n cerveza
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