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near beer
near beern. A malt liquor that does not contain enough alcohol to be considered an alcoholic beverage.near′ beer′
n. a malt beverage similar to beer but containing less than ½ percent alcohol. [1905–10, Amer.] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | near beer - drink that resembles beer but with less than 1/2 percent alcoholbeverage, drinkable, potable, drink - any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?" |
Translationsnear beer
near beerA beer-like malt beverage that contains less than 0.5% alcohol. I didn't want anyone to know I was pregnant, so I said I could only drink near beer because I was taking antibiotics. I have to drive home later, so I'm sticking to the near beer.See also: beer, nearnear-beer n. beer with less than 1/2 percent alcohol content. (Originally from the Prohibition era.) You can drink a lot of near-beer without getting drunk. near beer
Words related to near beernoun drink that resembles beer but with less than 1/2 percent alcoholRelated Words- beverage
- drinkable
- potable
- drink
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