beer

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An alcoholic drink made from grain, usually barley, often flavoured with hops.

   Beer is brewed all over the world.

2. 2
   noun

   A glass, bottle, or can of beer.

   I bought a few beers for the party.

3. 3
   noun

   A particular type or brand of beer.

   Pilsner is one of the most popular beers in Europe.

Common collocations

• cold beer Adjective + noun
• buy beer Verb + noun
• drink beer Verb + noun
• order beer Verb + noun
• dark beer Adjective + noun
• craft beer Adjective + noun
• draught beer Adjective + noun
• brew beer Verb + noun

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *beuzą Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ Old English bēor Middle English bere English beer From Middle English bere, from Old English bēor (“beer”) (Oxford OED notes: "rare, except in poetry"), from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”) (putatively from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewsóm), meaning “brewer's yeast”. However, also see the "beer" entry on EtymOnline (q.v.), which links a connection to monastic Vulgar Latin *biber (“a drink, beverage”), from Latin bibere (“to drink”). Samuel Johnson in his famous 18th-century A Dictionary of the English Lan…

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