Beverage
/ˈbɛv(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/ name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or a soft drink, usually excluding water. countable, uncountable
"carbonated beverage"
- 2 any liquid suitable for drinking wordnet
- 3 (A gift of) drink money. British, archaic, countable, slang, uncountable
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"The entrée includes a beverage."
Etymology
From Middle English beverage, from Old French beverage, variant of bevrage, from beivre (“to drink”), variant of boivre (“to drink”), from Latin bibō. Related to imbibe.