'Beer' definitions:
Definition of 'beer'
(from WordNet)
noun
A general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops
Definition of 'Beer'
From: GCIDE
- Beer \Beer\, n. [OE. beor, ber, AS. be['o]r; akin to Fries. biar, Icel. bj?rr, OHG. bior, D. & G. bier, and possibly E. brew. [root]93, See Brew.]
- 1. A fermented liquor made from any malted grain, but commonly from barley malt, with hops or some other substance to impart a bitter flavor. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Beer has different names, as small beer, ale, porter, brown stout, lager beer, according to its strength, or other qualities. See Ale. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Small beer, weak beer; (fig.) insignificant matters. "To suckle fools, and chronicle small beer." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'beer'
From: Easton
- Beer well.
- A place where a well was dug by the direction of Moses, at the forty-fourth station of the Hebrews in their wanderings (Num. 21:16-18) in the wilderness of Moab. (See WELL.)
- A town in the tribe of Judah to which Jotham fled for fear of Abimelech (Judg. 9:21). Some have identified this place with Beeroth.
Definition of 'beer'
From: Hitchcock
- Beer, a well
Words containing 'Beer'
- beer can,
- Blink beer,
- Bock beer,
- Chowder beer,
- Dole beer,
- Ginger beer,
- Lager beer,
- Near beer,
- Single beer,
- Small beer,
- Spruce beer,
- Table beer,
- Weiss beer,
- beer barrel,
- beer belly,
- beer bottle,
- beer drinker,
- beer garden,
- beer glass,
- beer gut,
- beer hall,
- beer keg,
- beer maker,
- beer mat,
- beer mug,
- birch beer,
- buck beer,
- draft beer,
- draught beer,
- light beer,
- munich beer,
- porter's beer,
- rice beer,
- root beer,
- wheat beer,
- white beer,
- jakob liebmann beer,
- root beer float