cider

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun a beverage made from juice pressed from apples

Etymology

From Middle English sider, cidre, sidre, from Old French cisdre, sidre (“beverage made from fermented apples”), from Medieval Latin sīcera, from Ancient Greek σίκερα (síkera, “fermented liquor, strong drink”), from Hebrew שֵׁכָר (šēḵār, “liquor”). Doublet of cyser. Partially displaced earlier English apple wine.

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Synonyms

cyder

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