cider.
An alcoholic, often sparkling (carbonated) beverage made from fermented apples.
Meaning & usage
An alcoholic, often sparkling (carbonated) beverage made from fermented apples.
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 non-alcoholic carbonated beverage made from apples or pears.
A non-alcoholic, lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage.
A cup, glass, or serving of any of these beverages.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *šikar- Hebrew שֵׁכָרder. Ancient Greek σίκερα (síkera)bor. Medieval Latin sīcerader. Old French sidrebor. Middle English sider English cider From Middle English sider, cidre, sidre, from Old French cisdre, sidre (“beverage made from fermented apples”), from Medieval Latin sīcera, from Ancient Greek σίκερα (síkera, “fermented liquor, strong drink”), from Hebrew שֵׁכָר (šēḵār, “liquor”). Doublet of cyser. Partially displaced earlier English apple wine.
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