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ci·der (sī′dər)

noun

the juice pressed from apples or, formerly, from other fruits, used as a beverage or for making vinegar: hard cider is fermented and sweet cider is not

Etymology: ME cidre, sider < OFr sidre, cidere < LL(Ec) sicera < Gr(Ec) sikera, an intoxicating drink, of Sem orig., as in Akkadian ikaru, barley beer, Heb shēkār, strong drink of grain and honey < shākar, to become intoxicated

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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