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old ale

old ale noun: any dark, malty, relatively strong beer.

Noun

old ale (countable and uncountable, plural old ales)

  1. (UK) Any dark, malty, relatively strong beer.
  2. (Australia) Any dark ale.

Forms of old ale

pluralold ales

Questions about old ale

What does old ale mean?
Old ale means any dark, malty, relatively strong beer.
What part of speech is old ale?
Old ale is a noun.
What is the plural of old ale?
The plural of old ale is old ales.

Words near old ale in the dictionary

  1. old age pension
  2. old age pensioner
  3. old age pensioners
  4. old age pensions
  5. Old Albanian
  6. old ale
  7. old ales
  8. Old Alresford
  9. Old Anatolian Turkic
  10. Old Anatolian Turkish
  11. Old Arabic

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