cider
noun /ˈsaɪdə(r)/
/ˈsaɪdər/
- (especially British English) (North American English usually hard cider)[uncountable, countable] an alcoholic drink made from the juice of apples
- dry/sweet cider
- cider apples
- a cider press (= for squeezing the juice from apples)
- I’ll have a glass of dry cider, please.
- The cider was very strong and went straight to our heads.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dry
- sweet
- apple
- …
- litre/liter
- pint
- bottle
- …
- have
- drink
- sip
- …
- apples
- vinegar
- (also apple cider)[uncountable, countable] (both North American English) a drink made from the juice of apples that does not contain alcoholOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- dry
- sweet
- apple
- …
- litre/liter
- pint
- bottle
- …
- have
- drink
- sip
- …
- apples
- vinegar
- [countable] a glass of cider compare perry
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French sidre, via ecclesiastical Latin from ecclesiastical Greek sikera, from Hebrew šēk̲ār ‘strong drink’.