ginger beer
A fermented, typically non-alcoholic, drink flavoured with gingerA fermented, typically non-alcoholic, drink flavoured with ginger.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A fermented, typically non-alcoholic, drink flavoured with ginger.
Ingwerbier
имби́рное пи́воimbírnoje pívo
carbonated slightly alcoholic drink flavored with fermented ginger
(countable)A glass or drink of ginger beer.
I'm having a ginger beer. Would you like one too?
How much for one ginger beer?
(Cockney, countable, slang, uncountable, usually)A queer (i.e. homosexual).
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
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Forms
plural: ginger beers| Singular | ginger beer |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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