cider
Pluralciders
- 1A cloudy apple drink made from pressed fresh apples, with the pulp left in and no alcohol.
Like apple juice, but cloudy because the apple bits are left in.
In the fall, we buy fresh cider at the apple farm down the road.
The cider was cloudy and tasted just like real apples.
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- 2An alcoholic, often fizzy drink made by letting apple juice turn into alcohol.
Like wine, but made from apples instead of grapes.
Down at the pub, he ordered a pint of cider.
Farmhouse cider can be much stronger than it tastes.
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- 3A cup or glass holding a single serving of an apple or pear drink.
Like ordering a coffee: you mean one cup, not the whole pot.
She ordered a cider and found a seat by the window.
We bought two ciders at the stall and shared a snack.
- 4A fizzy, non-alcoholic drink made from apples or pears.
Like soda, but made from apple or pear juice.
The kids drank cider with their lunch.
This cider is fizzy and tastes mostly of pears.
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- 5A fizzy soft drink with a lemon-lime flavor and no alcohol.
At a shop in Seoul, I bought a cold cider that tasted of lemon and lime.
My little brother in Osaka always picks cider from the vending machine because he loves the lemon-lime taste.
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Origin
It came through Old French from a Latin and Greek word for strong drink, which came from a Hebrew word for liquor.