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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024la•ger1 /ˈlɑgɚ, ˈlɔ-/USA pronunciation n. - Winea light beer aged at low temperatures from six weeks to six months: [uncountable]some cold lager.[countable]Two lagers, please.
Also called ˈla•ger ˈbeer. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024la•ger1 (lä′gər, lô′-),USA pronunciation n. - WineAlso called la′ger beer′. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
v.t. - Wineto age (beer) usually by storing in tanks at just-below freezing temperatures for several weeks or months.
- short for lager beer, half adoption, half translation of German Lagerbier. See lair1, beer 1835–45
la•ger2 (lä′gər),USA pronunciation n., v.t., v.i. [South African.]- British Termslaager.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: lager /ˈlɑːɡə/ n - a light-bodied effervescent beer, fermented in a closed vessel using yeasts that sink to the bottom of the brew
Etymology: 19th Century: from German Lagerbier beer for storing, from Lager storehouse WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024laa•ger (lä′gər),USA pronunciation [South African.]n. - British Termsa camp or encampment, esp. within a protective circle of wagons.
v.t., v.i. - British Termsto arrange or encamp in a laager.
Also, lager. - Afrikaans laer, earlier lager; cognate with German Lager camp. See lair1
- 1840–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: laager, lager /ˈlɑːɡə/ n - (in Africa) a camp, esp one defended by a circular formation of wagons
- a place where armoured vehicles are parked
vb - to form (wagons) into a laager
- (transitive) to park (armoured vehicles) in a laager
Etymology: 19th Century: from Afrikaans lager, via German from Old High German legar bed, lair |