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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
beverage
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 a handful of locations.
▪ I understand the definition of a bar is somewhere used principally for the consumption of alcoholic beverages.
▪ Shop, for instance, sells alcoholic beverages at three stores in the Bay State.
▪ The group's core business is premium quality alcoholic beverages.
▪ The San Francisco-based trade organization reports that 21 states have an outright ban on out-of-state shipments of alcoholic beverages.
▪ The store was cited four times for selling alcoholic beverages to minors during a three-year period that began in 1994.
▪ Meanwhile, other researchers were focusing on red wine, rather than on all alcoholic beverages.
■ NOUN
company
▪ It is one of the leading beverage companies in the world, and a major international producer of spirits and beer.
▪ By 1995, Beverage World magazine ranked it the fourth fastest-growing, publicly held beverage company in the nation.
manager
▪ We also recruit some assistant food and beverage managers with experience directly into middle management positions.
▪ Food and beverage managers direct the food service operations of hotels.
■ VERB
drink
▪ Energy transferred to our bodies as heat-by sitting by a fire or by drinking a hot beverage for example-is negligible in comparison.
▪ But the real test was whether they would pay to drink a Buckler malt beverage.
▪ First, it is a reminder that many women drink caffeinated beverages during pregnancy-though usually not to this extreme.
▪ During the first session, you should gather specific information about drinking settings, beverages, and so on.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Non-alcoholic beverages will be on sale in the foyer.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ His waters were drunk for their health-giving properties and as refreshing beverages, sometimes mixed with syrup or wine.
▪ Many people find it hard to distinguish the taste of one kola-nut-flavored carbonated beverage from another.
▪ Milk in final packaged form for beverage use must be pasteurized or ultra-pasteurized.
▪ Money center banks, telephone and drug issues gained, while communications equipment, beverage and electrical equipment shares sank.
▪ Since caffeine is usually consumed in beverages, the liquid by itself will result in an increased urge to urinate.
▪ The Board remains committed to the further development of the Group's core international beverage businesses.
▪ The group's core business is premium quality alcoholic beverages.
▪ The quick-heating concept is not new in the beverage industry.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Beverage

Beverage \Bev"er*age\, n. [OF. bevrage, F. breuvage, fr. beivre to drink, fr. L. bibere. Cf. Bib, v. t., Poison, Potable.]

  1. Liquid for drinking; drink; -- usually applied to drink artificially prepared and of an agreeable flavor; as, an intoxicating beverage.

    He knew no beverage but the flowing stream.
    --Thomson.

  2. Specifically, a name applied to various kinds of drink.

  3. A treat, or drink money. [Slang]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
beverage

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.

Wiktionary
beverage

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.

WordNet
beverage

n. any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?" [syn: drink, drinkable, potable]

Wikipedia

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.