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- [beer]
- /bɪər/
- /bɪə(r)/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [beer]
- /bɪər/
Definitions of beer word
- variable noun beer Beer is a bitter alcoholic drink made from grain. 3
- variable noun beer A glass of beer can be referred to as a beer. 3
- noun beer an alcoholic drink brewed from malt, sugar, hops, and water and fermented with yeast 3
- noun beer a slightly fermented drink made from the roots or leaves of certain plants 3
- noun beer relating to or used in the drinking of beer 3
- noun beer in which beer is drunk, esp (of licensed premises) having a licence to sell beer 3
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Origin of beer
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English bere, Old English bēor; cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German bior, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch bēr, Dutch, German Bier (Old Norse bjōrr, probably < OE); of disputed and ambiguous orig.
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Parts of speech for Beer
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
beer popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
beer usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for beer
noun beer
- lager — a camp or encampment, especially within a protective circle of wagons.
- oil — any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- ale — Ale is a kind of strong beer.
- stout — bulky in figure; heavily built; corpulent; thickset; fat: She is getting too stout for her dresses. Synonyms: big, rotund, stocky, portly, fleshy. Antonyms: thin, lean, slender, slim; skinny, scrawny.
- suds — soapy water.
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