ale

«ale» in Mova's school dictionary: A kind of beer, often darker or stronger, made with… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (ale, ales; uncountable for the drink, countable for a glass or kind)

meaning for a pupil

1) A kind of beer, often darker or stronger, made with malted barley. tree →

2) (old-fashioned) Any beer. tree →

sense in the lessons

Met in stories, especially old tales about inns and taverns, and in history: people in the Middle Ages drank ale because water could be unsafe. Ginger ale is a fizzy soft drink with no alcohol. Phrases: a pint of ale, ginger ale, pale ale.

examples

• The travellers drank ale at the inn. tree →
• Ginger ale is a fizzy drink for children too. tree →
• In the Middle Ages, many people drank weak ale. tree →
• The pub sells local ales. tree →
• The innkeeper poured a mug of ale. tree →
• She ordered a ginger ale with ice. tree →
• Quoth he: "I like a glass of good ale and a well-toasted bannock. tree →

note

Homophone: ail (to be ill). Alcoholic, except ginger ale. Countable for kinds or glasses (two ales), uncountable for the drink.

In the corpora

• Medieval people drank weak ale, but they also drank water from wells and springs.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ale» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.