Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
🦫 A beaver pelt 🥪 A light snack
bever

bever

9.9
A small snack or drink taken between regular meals
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : tentempié
  • A small bever was served to guests between lunch and dinner.

Examples

  • I enjoyed a light bever with my tea.

  • The lord called for a quick bever before the evening feast began.

  • In medieval times, workers often enjoyed a bever in the afternoon.

  • They offered a bever before the main course.

  • In medieval times, workers often enjoyed a bever in the afternoon.

  • A small bever was served to guests between lunch and dinner.

  • The lord called for a quick bever before the evening feast began.

Synonyms

tea
vsbever
  • UK
194 1.0

A light afternoon meal with sandwiches, cakes, and a hot drink

is used more generally between meals rather than mainly in midafternoon
snack food
vsbever
11 1.0

A small light food you eat between meals, like chips or fruit

also includes drinks rather than only food
predinner
vsbever
1 3.4

A light drink or snack people have before dinner

applies generally between meals, not only before an evening meal
refection
vsbever
  • Archaic
9.9

A light meal or snack you eat between main meals

includes drinks rather than focusing mainly on food
collation
vsbever
  • Archaic
7.4

A light meal eaten between main meals

is an older word not commonly used today

How Filling

meal
∞ 1.0
bever
  • Archaic
9.9

Surface Forms

bever singular
bevers plural

Etymology

Bever for a small snack comes from old words meaning 'to drink', the same root you see in beverage. So a bever was a quick drink or light bite taken between meals.