Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A type of beer of German origin that contains a relatively small amount of hops and is aged from six weeks to six months to allow sedimentation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
lager-beer (which see, underbeer ).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Lager beer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A type of
beer , brewed using abottom-fermenting yeast . - noun Alternative spelling of
laager .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons
- noun a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally it was brewed in March or April and matured until September
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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One of the meanings of the German word 'lager' is a storehouse.
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The word lager is German and means a storehouse or storage place.
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This German "beer" is what we call a lager, and it is brewed with bottom-fermenting yeasts.
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This German "beer" is what we call a lager, and it is brewed with bottom-fermenting yeasts.
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Hang On A Minute … … .. [image] How have we got ourselves into a situation where lager is being sold cheaper than […] [...] on February 15, 2008 at 10: 54 am | Reply Dan
Hang On A Minute…….. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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“How have we got ourselves into a situation where lager is being sold cheaper than water?”
Hang On A Minute…….. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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… “How have we got ourselves into a situation where lager is being sold cheaper than water?”
Hang On A Minute…….. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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“How have we got ourselves into a situation where lager is being sold cheaper than water?”
Hang On A Minute…….. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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May heatwaves give me the urge to spend late afternoons in a pub in the City leaning against a hot dusty wall and drinking lager from the bottle.
The One With The May Heatwave kisobel 2006
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From plain Danish lager via the special beers from Carlsberg to Belgian beers.
Multimedia message magnio 2006
oroboros commented on the word lager
Regal in reverse.
July 22, 2007
vanishedone commented on the word lager
WeirdNet's preferred sense is absent from the O.E.D., although it does turn up on dictionary.com (credited to the Random House Dictionary) as an alternative spelling of laager.
June 5, 2009