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beer

UK/ˈbɪɚ/ US/ˈbi.ɚ/ common informal

noun

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a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops

Origin

From Middle English ber, 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”.

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