Beverage
11beverage — /bev euhr ij, bev rij/, n. any potable liquid, esp. one other than water, as tea, coffee, beer, or milk: The price of the meal includes a beverage. [1250 1300; ME < AF beverage, bevarage, equiv. to be(i)vre to drink + age AGE] * * * …
12beverage — noun Beverage is used before these nouns: ↑cart, ↑menu Beverage is used after these nouns: ↑milk …
13beverage — n. an alcoholic; carbonated; intoxicating; non alcoholic beverage * * * [ bev(ə)rɪdʒ] carbonated intoxicating non alcoholic beverage an alcoholic …
14beverage — [13] Beverage goes back to Latin bibere ‘drink’, from which English also gets imbibe [14], bibulous [17], beer, and probably bibber. From the verb was formed the Vulgar Latin noun *biberāticum ‘something to drink’, and hence, via Old French… …
15beverage — an intoxicant Originally, any kind of drink, and then standard American English for any alcoholic drink served in a bar or beverage room by a waiter or beverage host (or hostess). In Britain, shortened to bevvy (with bewied meaning well… …
16beverage — UK [ˈbev(ə)rɪdʒ] / US noun [countable] Word forms beverage : singular beverage plural beverages formal a drink …
17beverage — [13] Beverage goes back to Latin bibere ‘drink’, from which English also gets imbibe [14], bibulous [17], beer, and probably bibber. From the verb was formed the Vulgar Latin noun *biberāticum ‘something to drink’, and hence, via Old French… …
18beverage — n. formal a drink (hot beverage; alcoholic beverage). Etymology: ME f. OF be(u)vrage, ult. f. L bibere drink …
19beverage — Synonyms and related words: John Barleycorn, ade, alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, ambrosia, aqua vitae, ardent spirits, beef tea, birch beer, blood, booze, bouillon, brew, buttermilk, chicory, chocolate milk, cider, cocktail, cocoa …
20beverage — bev|er|age [ˈbevərıdʒ] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: bevrage, from beivre to drink , from Latin bibere] formal a hot or cold drink ▪ alcoholic beverages ▪ the Food and Beverage Manager …
