ci‧der /ˈsaɪdə $ -ər/
noun[
Date: 1200-1300;
Language: Old French;
Origin: sidre, from Late Latin sicera 'alcoholic drink', from Greek, from Hebrew shekhar]
1. [uncountable and countable] British English an alcoholic drink made from apples, or a glass of this drink
Synonym : hard cider American English2. [uncountable] American English (
also apple cider) a non-alcoholic drink made from apples
[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
beer a general word for an alcoholic drink made from
malt and
HOPS:
a bottle of beer
Let’s go and have a beer in the pub.lager a light-coloured beer, which often has a lot of bubbles in it:
A pint of lager, please.ale a type of beer which is usually sold in a bottle or a can:
Beers and fine ales were brewed here for over a hundred years.
Newcastle Brown Aledraught beer British English,
draft beer American English beer that is served from a large container rather than a bottle, especially good quality beer:
The pub serves a range of draught beers.real ale British English beer that has been made in the, traditional way, not in a large factory:
The pub has real ale and live music most nights.bitter British English a type of dark strong beer that is popular in Britain:
I'll have a pint of bitter.shandy a drink made of beer mixed with lemonade:
I'd better have a shandy - I'm driving.cider an alcoholic drink made from apples:
His clothes were old and dirty, and he stank of cider. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲