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beverage
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (label en chiefly American) A liquid to consume, usually excluding water; a drink. This may include tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or soft drinks. 2 (context slang archaic English) A treat, or drink money.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-13c., from Anglo-French beverage , Old French bevrage , from Old French boivre "to drink" (Modern French boire ; from Latin bibere "to imbibe;" see imbibe ) + -age , suffix forming mass or abstract nouns.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE alcoholic ▪ Whether consumed in the form of beer, wine or spirits, alcoholic beverages give pleasure to many millions. ▪ The license limit has prevented retail chains from selling alcoholic beverages at all but ...
Usage examples of beverage.
He names the beverage Dopokoke and proceeds to make a fortune with it - the terrible punchline being that his own son becomes addicted to the drink and eventually dies.
They were particularly generous with bhang, a beverage made from the juice of the tender tops of Indian hemp mixed with an infusion of nutmeg and cloves.
I gulped down some beverage which my host told me was good and which did not seem unpleasant.
In the files of the computers were the digitized codes for some very fine wines as well as other food and beverage service and even some drugs.
Gruad attempts to speak to Yog Sothoth, but the possession has apparently passed, and the other members of the Unbroken Circle praise a new beverage that Evoe has prepared, made of the fermented juice of grapes.
No alcoholic beverages would be served at the fantasia, and Cyrus enjoyed a preprandial nip of whiskey.
This is the fave beverage of me and my crew, so this is practically the best news to cruise down the pike since the Diablo Expansion Pack!
Swedish peasantry prepare from the fresh berries a fermented beverage, which they drink cold, and an extract, which they eat with their bread for breakfast as we do butter.
The Duchess of Fiano had sent a cask of wine, which was an unknown beverage there, and these presents made them hope for others.
The master pilots - usually there are about a hundred or so - gather in front of the Hall of the Ancient Pilots, and, as is their wont, they drink mugs of steaming kvass or other such beverages, all the while slapping shoulders and hands to give each other encouragement while they shout and jeer at the smaller group of new pilots.
The master pilots-usually there are about a hundred or so-gather in front of the Hall of the Ancient Pilots, and, as is their wont, they drink mugs of steaming kvass or other such beverages, all the while slapping shoulders and hands to give each other encouragement while they shout and jeer at the smaller group of new pilots.
A nutritive starchy product named Salep, or Saloop, is prepared from the roots of the common Male Orchis, and its infusion or decoction was taken generally in this country as a beverage before the introduction of tea and coffee.
Understand the, ah, Tokans prefer their native beverage, but no reason for us to stint ourselves, eh?
The steward on the tubetrain wheeled out a tray of beverages shortly after Haviland Tuf had strapped himself in for the trip downstairs.
Lobster Cardinal, sent away the Pauillac Lamb untasted, and drank the wines as a beverage to steady their nerves rather than with the consideration and pleasure which they deserved.