beverage
166
1.7
- noun
- /ˈbɛvərɪdʒ/
:
bebida
- The café offers a variety of beverage options, including smoothies and teas.
- drink beverages
- alcoholic beverage
- food and beverages
This is the fastest growing beverage in the world.
- This is the fastest growing beverage in the world.
- So something that I had been adding to my work beverage lineup was tea.
- I see in the picture there's a beverage on the coaster.
- That's like my daily go to beverage of choice.
- So we really can't say food X or beverage X breaks a fast.
- Grab a snack, grab a beverage, and let's head back to Valeris.
- Soda is one of the most toxic beverages that are out there.
- We hold our coffee or iced coffee beverages.
- I don't know the song, but as a beverage, all good.
- It is great, but first it's beverage time.
Examples
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Beverages are available at the snack bar.
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Sidney Archer sipped her coffee while the beverage cart made its way down the rest of the aisle.
Fiction book (1997) -
- May I offer you a tea or some beverage, sir?
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I offered him water, the only beverage in the house I knew he was allowed to drink.
Academic text (2011) -
Ladies, are we enjoying a beverage this evening?
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We were sitting at a little table having a beverage when our dates showed up.
Fiction book (2001) -
This is the fastest growing beverage in the world.
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I actually will not be having an alcoholic beverage this morning.
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I'm sorry, ma'am, would you like a complimentary beverage?
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Few participants used the cafeteria, but several confirmed that the food and beverages were "all homemade" on site.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A liquid people put in their mouths and swallow, like water or juice
813
1.0
A drink that can make people drunk, like beer or wine
288
2.8
A cold drink made by mixing different kinds of alcohol and other ingredients
259
7.6
Alcohol that people have at parties or with friends
122
1.0
A cup filled with water for drinking
40
1.0
A drink without alcohol that has bubbles, like soda or lemonade
38
1.0
Water sold in bottles for people to drink
18
3.7
Fizzy water with natural or added bubbles
16
3.0
A drink that contains alcohol, like beer or wine
14
5.6
A strong sweet alcoholic drink often served after a meal
12
4.3
A cold drink of red wine mixed with juice and pieces of fruit
9
4.4
A cold alcoholic drink made with wine and fruit juice served with ice
9
1.0
Water that comes from under the ground and is safe to drink
9
9.1
An alcoholic drink enjoyed with friends
3
2.6
An alcoholic drink made by mixing spirits with juice or other drinks
3
3.4
An alcoholic drink that is distilled, like whisky or vodka
2
1.5
A sweet drink made from fruit juice mixed with water and often added sugar
2
2.5
A non-alcoholic drink you add to an alcoholic drink to change its taste
1
1.3
A sweet drink without alcohol that tastes like fruit, often for children or parties
1
3.5
A cool drink to make you feel better, often alcoholic
1
3.7
A drink made in a special way with unusual ingredients or fancy decoration
1
1.2
Water without bubbles that people drink from bottles
A drink that does not contain alcohol
A drink made by soaking, boiling, and fermenting ingredients, like beer
A cold drink that quickly makes you feel refreshed
Compounds
How Refreshing
19
1.0
1
3.4
- Informal
1
3.5
- Archaic
9
4.4
166
1.7
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word beverage comes from the old Latin word bibere, which means 'to drink'. So a beverage is simply something you 'drink', and the same root appears in the English word imbibe.