beer

«beer» in Mova's school dictionary: An alcoholic drink for adults, made from grain (usually… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (beer, beers; a beer)

meaning for a pupil

1) An alcoholic drink for adults, made from grain (usually barley) and hops, fizzy and often golden or brown; it is not for children. tree →

2) A glass, can or bottle of this drink: «He ordered a beer.» tree →

3) In some drink names that have no alcohol, like «root beer» or «ginger beer», which children can drink. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and adult-life lessons beer appears at pubs, barbecues and sports matches; grown-ups may drink it, and the law says children must not buy or drink it. Drinking too much makes people drunk and is unsafe for driving. Phrases: «a pint of beer», «beer garden» (outdoor area of a pub), «ginger beer», «root beer».

examples

• Dad had one beer at the barbecue and then switched to water. tree →
• Beer is made from barley, water, hops and yeast. tree →
• You must be an adult to buy beer. tree →
• Ginger beer is a fizzy soft drink that children can have. tree →
• Root beer is popular in the USA and has no alcohol. tree →
• The pub has a beer garden with a play area. tree →
• People should never drive after drinking beer. tree →
• In the story, the farmer brewed beer in a big wooden barrel. tree →

note

Uncountable as a drink («some beer»), countable as a serving («two beers»). It contains alcohol, which is harmful to children's growing bodies. «Ginger beer» and «root beer» are usually soft drinks despite the name — a trap. Do not confuse with «bier» (a stand for a coffin), which sounds the same.

In the corpora

• The Rat jokes about the missing luxuries and comes back from the cellar with bottles of beer.
• Wherefore the well was called 'Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
• Wherefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there they swore both of them.
• And Isaac came from the way of Beer-lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the land of the South.
• And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.

Trees and pragmatics

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