ALE


Meaning of ALE in English

ale /eɪl/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]

[ Language: Old English ; Origin: ealu ]

1 . a type of beer made from ↑ malt (1)

2 . old-fashioned beer

⇨ ↑ light ale

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THESAURUS

▪ beer a general word for an alcoholic drink made from ↑ malt and HOPS :

a bottle of beer

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Let’s go and have a beer in the pub.

▪ lager a light-coloured beer, which often has a lot of bubbles in it:

A pint of lager, please.

▪ ale a type of beer which is usually sold in a bottle or a can:

Beers and fine ales were brewed here for over a hundred years.

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Newcastle Brown Ale

▪ draught beer British English , draft beer American English beer that is served from a large container rather than a bottle, especially good quality beer:

The pub serves a range of draught beers.

▪ real ale British English beer that has been made in the, traditional way, not in a large factory:

The pub has real ale and live music most nights.

▪ bitter British English a type of dark strong beer that is popular in Britain:

I'll have a pint of bitter.

▪ shandy a drink made of beer mixed with lemonade:

I'd better have a shandy - I'm driving.

▪ cider an alcoholic drink made from apples:

His clothes were old and dirty, and he stank of cider.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.