beer
An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt; often with hops or some other substance (like gruit) to impart a bitter flavor.
Noun 4 meanings
An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt; often with hops or some other substance (like gruit) to impart a bitter flavor.
“Beer is brewed all over the world.”
A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc.
A solution produced by steeping plant materials in water or another fluid.
A glass, bottle, or can of any of the above beverages.
“I bought a few beers from the shop for the party.”
Verb 2 meanings
To give beer to (someone).
To drink beer.
Etymology
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”.v.
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BEER at a glance
BEER has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (B 3 + E 1 + E 1 + R 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,978 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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