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cider

noun
ci·​der | \ ˈsī-dər How to pronounce cider (audio) \

Definition of cider

1 : fermented apple juice often made sparkling by carbonation or fermentation in a sealed container
2 : the expressed juice of fruit (such as apples) used as a beverage or for making other products (such as applejack)

Examples of cider in a Sentence

a cup of apple cider

Recent Examples on the Web

Details: Hillsdale: 6440 S.W. Capitol Highway; 503-402-1999; classic pub menu of burgers, salads, sandwiches and a kids menu; 22 taps, all Sasquatch beer and cider; kids and dogs OK. Andre Meunier, oregonlive, "Looking for Sasquatch? Latest footprint spotted in industrial NW: Portland Breweries Series," 6 Sep. 2019 According to one expert, seltzer went from accounting for 6% of the beer, cider and seltzer market to 19% in about a year. Lauren Saria, azcentral, "We tried Pabst Blue Ribbon's Stronger Seltzer and Hard Coffee. Here's what they taste like," 6 Sep. 2019 The event, presented by the Carlsbad Hi-Noon Rotary Club, will feature 80 selections of beer, cider and kombucha from more than 40 local breweries along with music, games and food vendors. San Diego Union-Tribune, "Club donates handmade teddy bears to clinic," 6 Sep. 2019 To drink, expect herbal teas alongside Japanese beer and cider. Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com, "World’s first Michelin-starred ramen restaurant Tsuta to open San Francisco location," 22 Aug. 2019 The wine, beer and cider will be bound by the common thread of fermenting with wild yeast. Josh Noel, chicagotribune.com, "Act Natural is Hopewell Brewing’s wild beer festival that doubles as a natural wine fest," 5 Aug. 2019 In 2018, the farm began offering beer and cider from its Stoney Acres Brewery made with hops, barley and wheat grown onsite. Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Pizza farms are a Wisconsin summer must-do," 18 July 2019 Guests can also enjoy local wines, beer, cider and live music. Lisa Herendeen, The Mercury News, "S.F. Bay Area calendar: Greek festival, comedy and more," 25 Aug. 2019 Sideward likes to experiment with IPAs and the occasional cider. Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, "International Beer Day: Orlando’s craft beer scene has never been hotter," 24 July 2019

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First Known Use of cider

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for cider

Middle English sider, sedyr, cidre "alcoholic drink (in Biblical translations and references), cider," borrowed from Anglo-French sizre, ciser, cydre, going back to Gallo-Romance *cīsera, by metathesis form of Late Latin (Vulgate) sīcera "alcoholic drink," borrowed from Greek (Septuagint) síkera, borrowed from Hebrew shēkhār, from a Semitic base š-k-r, whence Hebrew shākhar "become drunk," Arabic sikara

Note: The medieval French form sizre is attested once, in the 12th-century Cambridge, or Eadwine Psalter, where it appears as a translation of the Latin siceram in Psalm 68:14 (the Vulgate has vinum in this passage). (For other medieval outcomes and modern dialect forms see Französisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, v. 11, pp. 589-90.) Presumably *cīs(ĕ)ra yielded *tsizdra, which with loss of the internal sibilant yielded cidre (see Pierre Fouché, Phonétique historique du français, vol. 3 [Paris: Klincksieck, 1966], p. 822). Latin sīcera and its vernacular outcomes were likely disseminated and applied to the fermented juice of fruit, especially apples, in monasteries, particularly in non-wine-producing areas of Europe such as Normandy; Norman localization would also account for the thorough penetration of the word into Anglo-French.

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cider

noun

English Language Learners Definition of cider

: a drink made from apples

cider

noun
ci·​der | \ ˈsī-dər How to pronounce cider (audio) \

Kids Definition of cider

: the juice pressed out of fruit (as apples) and used especially as a drink and in making vinegar

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