Beverage Meaning
/ˈbɛv(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or a soft drink, often excluding water.
noun(A gift of) drink money.
Sentence Examples
The entrée includes a beverage.
Milk is a popular beverage.
The meal includes dessert as well as beverage.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The waiter brought a cold ____ to the thirsty customer at the table.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Would you like a cold ____ like water or juice with your meal?.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English beverage, from Old French beverage, variant of bevrage, from beivre (“to drink”), variant of boivre (“to drink”), from Latin bibō. Related to imbibe.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"He knew no Beverage but the flowing Stream; / His taſteful well-earn'd Food the ſilvan Game, […]"
— 1748, James Thomson, “Canto II”, in The Castle of Indolence: […], London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, stanza VII, page 44:
"[W]here coffee is used as a constant beverage, the gravel and the gout are scarcely known."
— 1848, J. S. Skinner & Son, editor, The Plough, The Loom and the Anvil, volume I, Philadelphia: J. S. Skinner & Son, page 137:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The waiter brought a cold ____ to the thirsty customer at the table.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Would you like a cold ____ like water or juice with your meal?.