cider
An alcoholic, often sparkling (carbonated) beverage made from fermented apples.
Other meanings
This or any similar alcoholic drink made from similar fruit, such as pears.
A non-alcoholic uncarbonated beverage consisting of the juice of early-harvest apples, usually unfiltered and still containing pulp; without pulp such a beverage is called apple juice.
“I picked up a jug of cider for the kids.”
A kind of
- beverage
Kinds of cider
- hard cider
- sweet cider
Related words
- cidered
- ciderless
- ciderlike
- cidermaking
- apple cider
- cider-and
- cider-apple
- cider brandy
- cider cart
- cider-cellar
- cider-cup
- cider gum
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "σίκερα" (fermented liquor, strong drink).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “cider” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.