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beer
CEFRA1
/ˈbɪə/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops.
- 02
noun
Extra detailA fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc.
Examples
I went to drink a beer with friends.
Please drink the beer before it goes flat.
At a glance
Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- [ˈbɪɚ] ~ [ˈbɪɹ̩]
- /ˈbiə/
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsA solution produced by steeping plant materials in water or another fluid.
An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt; often with hops or some other substance (like gruit) to impart a bitter flavor.
A glass, bottle, or can of any of the above beverages.
More examples
In contextBeer is brewed all over the world.
I bought a few beers from the shop for the party.
Can I buy you a beer?
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Origin
noun
From Middle English ber, bere, from Old English bēor (“beer”) (Oxford OED notes: "rare, except in poetry"), from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”) (putatively from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewsóm), meaning “brewer's yeast”. However, also see the "beer" entry on EtymOnline (q.v.), which links a connection to monastic Vulgar Latin *biber (“a drink, beverage”), from Latin bibere (“to drink”). Samuel Johnson in his famous 18th-century A Dictionary of the English Language guessed it was from (unattested) Welsh *bîr; he distinguished it in his time from ale — the ancient usual word — by beer being older-aged and/or smaller. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bjoor (“beer”),...