beverage

nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈbɛv(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ//
Canada//ˈbɛvəɹɪd͡ʒ//
Canada//ˈbɛvɹɪd͡ʒ//
Australia//ˈbev(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ//
New Zealand//ˈbev(ə)ɹəd͡ʒ//

A liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or a soft drink, often excluding water.

noun

1
A liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or a soft drink, often excluding water.
carbonated beverage
alcoholic beverage
He knew no Beverage but the flowing Stream; / His taſteful well-earn'd Food the ſilvan Game, […]
[W]here coffee is used as a constant beverage, the gravel and the gout are scarcely known.
2
archaic(A gift of) drink money.

Etymology

From Middle English beverage, from Old French beverage, variant of bevrage, from beivre (“to drink”), variant of boivre (“to drink”), from Latin bibō. Related to imbibe.

Forms

plural: beverages

Betty · A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.between · In the position or interval that separates (two things), or…Bev · A diminutive of the female given names Beverly and Beverley.

beverage · A liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or a soft drink, often excluding water.

Beverage · A surname.Beverly · A surname.beware · To use caution, pay attention to (used both with and without…

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