Synonyms: ale, brew, swipes [British, slang], wallop [British, slang] More Synonyms of beer
A glass of beer can be referred to as a beer.
Would you like a beer?
beer in British English
(bɪə)
noun
1.
an alcoholic drink brewed from malt, sugar, hops, and water and fermented with yeast
Compare ale
2.
a slightly fermented drink made from the roots or leaves of certain plants
ginger beer
nettle beer
3. (modifier)
relating to or used in the drinking of beer
beer glass
beer mat
4. (modifier)
in which beer is drunk, esp (of licensed premises) having a licence to sell beer
beer house
beer cellar
beer garden
Word origin
Old English beor; related to Old Norse bjōrr, Old Frisian biār, Old High German bior
beer in American English
(bɪr)
noun
1.
an alcoholic beverage made from grain, esp. malted barley, fermented by yeast and flavored with hops; esp., such a beverage produced by slow fermentation at a relatively low temperature
see also ale
2.
any of several soft drinks made from extracts of roots and plants
ginger beer
Word origin
ME & OE beor, akin to Ger bier; only in WGmc; a monastic (6th c.) borrowing < VL biber, beverage (< L bibere, imbibe): orig. used for the drink made with hops, as distinct from the older drink, ale,then made without
beer in Hospitality
(bɪər)
Word forms: (regular plural) beers
noun (count) (noncount)
(Hospitality (hotel): Food and drink, alcoholic drinks)
Beer is an alcoholic drink made from grain, served in a glass, can, or bottle.
COLLOCATIONS: glass of ~pint of ~
The man ordered a pint of beer.
The hotel opened a bar serving beer and wine a few years ago.
Heavy drinkers were those who had up to three pints of beer or six glasses of wine once a week.
The Sun (2016)
The first man to draw blood was given a prize of two shillings and sixpence and all the beer he could drink.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We like our beer but don't get drunk before matches or cause trouble.
The Sun (2016)
We had a few cans of beer, then opened a bottle of wine.
The Sun (2016)
A performer cycled by with an open beer bottle balanced on his head.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The beer is good too.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He likes a beer, likes to tell a joke, likes to take the mickey.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He said he had drunk four beers and a whisky.
The Sun (2006)
We always knew beer was good for you.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Within four months he was under pressure from landlords to make his beer taste more like others.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He dismissed anyone who drinks a beer as an alcoholic.
The Sun (2013)
We are not just disputing whether a beer glass is half empty or half full.
Yearley, Steven Science, Technology, and Social Change (1988)
Two glasses of beer a day can help to keep you regular.
The Sun (2013)
Maybe they should have kept the bottles of beer instead of throwing them.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He is said to have unknowingly drunk beer laced with the horse drug ketamine.
The Sun (2014)
The advertising is nearly as good as the beer.
The Sun (2013)
To ban the pipe organ from sacred music would be like banning beer from pubs.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
His meals would be accompanied by one or two glasses of beer.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Place the open beer can in the centre of the baking dish.
The Sun (2015)
Empty beer bottles are lined up on the counter.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He extended a love for good beer to whisky.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Things like wine and beer and then tiredness and then cake.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Built in the shape of a giant beer glass it is topped with great views of the city skyline.
The Sun (2012)
They'd cook food there and drink beer and sit about listening to his stories.
Bachmann, Susan (editor) & Barth, Melinda Between Worlds: A Reader, Rhetoric and Handbook (1995)
It says in tests, almost one in five drinkers cannot taste the difference from alcoholic beer.
The Sun (2016)
Probably they had had beer to drink - and the day was very hot.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Perhaps he'd drunk too much beer.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It's the proportion of sugars that governs how alcoholic the beer is going to be.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
All meals, local soft drinks and local beers and wines are included.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Quotations
They who drink beer will think beerWashington IrvingThe Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon
When money's tight and is hard to get And your horse was also ran, When all you have is a heap of debt A pint of plain is your only manFlann O'BrienAt Swim-Two-Birds
Then to the spicy nut-brown aleJohn MiltonL'Allegro
In other languages
beer
British English: beer /bɪə/ NOUN
Beer is a bitter alcoholic drink made from grain.
He sat in the kitchen drinking beer.
American English: beer
Arabic: بِيرَة
Brazilian Portuguese: cerveja
Chinese: 啤酒
Croatian: pivo
Czech: pivo
Danish: øl
Dutch: bier
European Spanish: cerveza
Finnish: olut
French: bière
German: Bier
Greek: μπίρα
Italian: birra
Japanese: ビール
Korean: 맥주
Norwegian: øl
Polish: piwo
European Portuguese: cerveja
Romanian: bere
Russian: пиво
Latin American Spanish: cerveza
Swedish: öl
Thai: เบียร์
Turkish: bira
Ukrainian: пиво
Vietnamese: bia đồ uống
All related terms of 'beer'
beer-up
a drinking bout
beer bust
an occasion on which a lot of beer is drunk
beer can
an aluminium can for beer
beer gut
A beer gut is the same as a → beer belly .
beer hall
a bar, cabaret , or the like, chiefly serving beer and usually offering music, dancing, etc
beer mug
a glass of a standard size (in Britain holding one pint , or half a pint) with a handle , to drink beer from
beer pong
a drinking game in which players attempt to throw Ping-Pong balls into cups of beer , which must then be drunk by their opponents
beer pump
a pump used to draw beer from a cask
bock beer
heavy dark strong beer
cold beer
Beer is a bitter alcoholic drink made from grain .
ice beer
a beer that is chilled after brewing so that any water is turned to ice and then removed
keg beer
a small barrel with a capacity of between five and ten gallons
near beer
malt beverages with little or no alcohol which were mass-marketed during Prohibition in the US
root beer
Root beer is a fizzy non-alcoholic drink flavoured with the roots of various plants and herbs. It is popular in the United States .
Bantu beer
a malted drink made from partly fermented and germinated millet
barley beer
an alcoholic drink brewed from barley malt , sugar, hops , and water and fermented with yeast
beer barrel
a barrel for, or containing beer
beer belly
If a man has a beer belly , he has a fat stomach because of drinking too much beer.
beer bottle
a bottle for beer
beer engine
a pump used to draw beer from a cask
beer garden
a garden attached to a pub , where people can sit and drink beer
beer glass
a glass of a standard size (in Britain holding one pint , or half a pint) with straight sides, or with a handle , to drink beer from
beer money
a small amount of money to be used for incidental expenses
craft beer
Craft beer is beer produced in small quantities, usually by a small, independent company.
ginger beer
Ginger beer is a fizzy drink that is made from syrup and ginger and is sometimes slightly alcoholic.
guest beer
a draught beer stocked by a bar, often for a limited period, in addition to its usual range
kaffir beer
beer made from sorghum or millet
light beer
beer with a lower alcohol content than average
small beer
If you say that something is small beer , you mean that it is unimportant in comparison with something else.
spruce beer
an alcoholic drink made of fermented molasses flavoured with spruce twigs and cones
wheat beer
any of various beers brewed using a mixture of wheat malt and barley malt
beer drinker
a person who drinks beer
beer goggles
→ with one's beer goggles on
beer o’clock
the time of day when it is acceptable or customary to start drinking alcohol
beer parlour
a room in a tavern , hotel , etc in which beer is served
beer-swilling
in the habit of drinking a lot of beer
bottled beer
beer in a bottle , rather than from a barrel
draught beer
beer which is stored in bulk , esp in a cask , as opposed to being bottled
lager (beer)
a type of beer which is stored at a low temperature for aging after it has been brewed
sorghum beer
beer made from sorghum or millet
ice-cold beer
Beer is a bitter alcoholic drink made from grain.
nonalcoholic beer
Nonalcoholic beer is beer that does not contain any alcohol .
beermat
A beermat is a cardboard mat for resting your glass of beer on in a bar or pub .
beer and skittles
enjoyment or pleasure
bock
a dark beer traditionally drunk in the early spring
real ale
Real ale is beer which is stored in a barrel and is pumped from it without the use of carbon dioxide.
cry in one's beer
to lament or complain in a maudlin manner
not all beer and skittles
not always as enjoyable or as easy as other people think
(not) all beer and skittles
(not) pure pleasure and enjoyment
with one's beer goggles on
seeing people and things as increasingly attractive as one's alcohol intake rises
Chinese translation of 'beer'
beer
(bɪəʳ)
n(u)
(= substance) 啤酒 (píjiǔ)
would you like a beer?你想喝一瓶啤酒吗(嗎)? (nǐ xiǎng hē yī píng píjiǔ ma?)
All related terms of 'beer'
bottled beer
瓶装(裝)啤酒 píngzhuāng píjiǔ
tea/coffee/beer drinker
喝茶/咖啡/啤酒的人 hē chá/kāfēi/píjiǔ de rén [ 个(個) gè ]
a crate of oranges/beer
一箱橘子/啤酒 yī xiāng júzi/píjiǔ
would you like a beer?
你想喝一瓶啤酒吗(嗎)? nǐ xiǎng hē yī píng píjiǔ ma?
to be off meat/beer etc
不想吃肉/喝啤酒 等 bù xiǎng chīròu/hē píjiǔ děng
(noun)
Definition
an alcoholic drink brewed from malt, sugar, hops, and water
We have quite a good range of beers.
Synonyms
ale
brew
swipes (British, slang)
wallop (British, slang)
hop juice
amber fluid or nectar (Australian, informal)
tinnie or tinny (Australian, slang)
subject word lists
See Beers
Quotations
They who drink beer will think beer [Washington Irving – The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon]When money's tight and is hard to get And your horse was also ran, When all you have is a heap of debt A pint of plain is your only man [Flann O'Brien – At Swim-Two-Birds]Then to the spicy nut-brown ale [John Milton – L'Allegro]