beer
An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt; often with hops or some other substance (like gruit) to impart a bitter flavor.
Example
“Beer is brewed all over the world.”
Other meanings
A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc.
A solution produced by steeping plant materials in water or another fluid.
Word history
From Old English "bēor".
Where this comes from
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