Beverage

//ˈbɛv(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ// name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    any liquid suitable for drinking wordnet
  3. 3
    (A gift of) drink money. British, archaic, countable, slang, uncountable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms
drinkdrinkpotableadealcoholalcoholic beverage

Example

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"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.

Related phrases

adult beveragefunctional beveragejunk beveragegeneral drinkliquid food

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