beers

Noun (1)

beer (countable and uncountable, plural beers)

1. (uncountable) An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt; often with hops or some other substance (like gruit) to impart a bitter flavor.
   • Beer is brewed all over the world.
2. (uncountable) A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc.
3. (uncountable) A solution produced by steeping plant materials in water or another fluid.
4. (countable) A glass, bottle, or can of any of the above beverages.
   • I bought a few beers from the shop for the party.
5. (countable) A variety of the above beverages.
   • Pilsner is one of the most commonly served beers in Europe.

Noun (2)

beer (plural beers)

1. (nonstandard) One who is or exists.
   • That meant, among other things, that he was going to be a fast-moving doer. And even when he was three or four, it wasn't hard for me to know that this wasn't going to be easy. Because Albert was a beer. Born that way.1990, Budge Wilson, “Be-ers and Doers”, in The leaving, and other stories

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