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# beer

«beer» in Mova's school dictionary: **An alcoholic drink for adults, made from grain (usually…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (beer, beers; a beer)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An alcoholic drink for adults, made from grain (usually barley) and hops, fizzy and often golden or brown; it is not for children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beer/#m1)

2) A glass, can or bottle of this drink: «He ordered a beer.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beer/#m2)

3) In some drink names that have no alcohol, like «root beer» or «ginger beer», which children can drink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beer/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and adult-life lessons beer appears at pubs, barbecues and sports matches; grown-ups may drink it, and the law says children must not buy or drink it. Drinking too much makes people drunk and is unsafe for driving. Phrases: «a pint of beer», «beer garden» (outdoor area of a pub), «ginger beer», «root beer».

### examples

- Dad had one beer at the barbecue and then switched to water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beer/#x1)
- Beer is made from barley, water, hops and yeast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beer/#x2)
- You must be an adult to buy beer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beer/#x3)
- Ginger beer is a fizzy soft drink that children can have. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beer/#x4)
- Root beer is popular in the USA and has no alcohol. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beer/#x5)
- The pub has a beer garden with a play area. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beer/#x6)
- People should never drive after drinking beer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beer/#x7)
- In the story, the farmer brewed beer in a big wooden barrel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beer/#x8)

### note

Uncountable as a drink («some beer»), countable as a serving («two beers»). It contains alcohol, which is harmful to children's growing bodies. «Ginger beer» and «root beer» are usually soft drinks despite the name — a trap. Do not confuse with «bier» (a stand for a coffin), which sounds the same.

### In the corpora

- [The Rat jokes about the missing luxuries and comes back from the cellar with bottles of beer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/43-willows-ch5-part3-sardines-and-carol-singers/10/)
- [Wherefore the well was called 'Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.411/)
- [Wherefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there they swore both of them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.572/)
- [And Isaac came from the way of Beer-lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the land of the South.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.688/)
- [And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.758/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «beer» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beer/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.