lager

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

From German Lagerbier (“beer made for storing”), from Lager (“store”). Cognate with native English lair.

Lager without alacrity she served. — Ulysses, James Joyce
Give an Irishman lager for a month, and he's a dead man. — Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain
He bored, and Brandenburg yielded a tall bock of foaming blonde lager. — That Which Hath Wings: A Novel of the Day, Richard Dehan

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