BEER

noun Etymology: Middle English ber, from Old English bēor; akin to Old High German bior ~ Date: before 12th century an alcoholic beverage usually made from malted cereal grain (as barley), flavored with hops, and brewed by slow fermentation, a carbonated nonalcoholic or a fermented slightly alcoholic beverage with flavoring from roots or other plant parts , fermented mash, a drink of ~