Ale

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  • noun. A fermented alcoholic beverage containing malt and hops, similar to but heavier than beer.
  • noun. A serving of this beverage.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A light-colored beer, made from malt which is dried at a low heat. See beer.
  • noun. An ale-drinking; a festival or merrymaking at which ale was the beverage drunk.
  • noun. A brew of ale; as much ale as is brewed at one time.
  • noun. An ale-house.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.
  • noun. A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.
  • noun. A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
  • Word Usage
    "Formerly, brewers made ale only twice a year, -- the _summer ale_ in"
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    beer  
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    Bayle  Braille  Dail  Dale  Gael  
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    beer  biscuit  brandy  bread  champagne  
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    beer  italbrac  loosely  yill