cider
cider
Definition
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
cider
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- brew: Windy makes home brew cider, and whittles wood.
- pour: From that night onwards Brother Leonard always poured the cider over hot sulfur.
- drink: I also started drinking far too much cheap student union cider.
Adjective modifier
- bottled: He also makes Kingston Black cider and sells bottled ciders.
- sparkling: Stronger drinks like spirits, and fizzy drinks like champagne or sparkling cider, are absorbed more quickly.
- sweet: The secret was closely guarded by the abbey who became renown for their sweet, mellow cider.
- rough: Their most popular brand was Scrumpy Jack, a dry, slightly rough cider.
- dry: Try to find a dry cider made from a single variety of apple.
Modifies a noun
- vinegar: Mix a teaspoon of cider vinegar with a glass of water.
- brandy: Find out all about cider making, buy cider or cider brandy.
- apple: Passed through orchards of old fashioned cider apple trees with wierd sounding names.
- orchard: However, some of the fields show past use as cider orchards by the presence of gnarled Somerset varieties of apple trees.
- drinker: Helen Chappell gets a gig at Wallington Are you a cider drinker?
- mill: The next most common is the cider mill, which would help process some of the vast amounts of apples produced in the county.
Noun used with modifier
- scrumpy: Hobbies and interests include Italian zombie horror movies, rock music and sampling the local Somerset scrumpy cider.
- keg: Cider keg Cider is made from pressed apples which undergo a process of fermentation.
- draft: No draft cider was sold, it was all bottled.
- apple: Or how about a shot of hot spiced apple cider or even the classic warming mulled wine?
- tablespoon: Weight Loss - Combine 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar and 1 tablespoon honey in an 8 ounce glass of unsweetened grapefruit juice.
- pear: In the USA, the term pear cider is used for perry.
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- cigarette
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