home brew
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3.9
- noun
- /hoʊm bru/
:
cerveza casera
- I make the best home brew and corn liquor around here.
Examples
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He invited us over for a tasting of his homemade home brew last weekend.
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After a long day, I enjoyed a refreshing glass of my own home brew on the porch.
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Give us a bit of your home brew.
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We had us a little socializing last night, and the home brew's all gone.
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My son and I have been brewing our own home brew: "My Little Pony Beer."
Blog text (20) -
Stan's brought around a bit of his home brew, and we're celebrating cityside being back in the tournament.
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The typical brown refillable bottle used to transport home brew was tucked in the corner, nearly empty.
Fiction book (1999) -
As long as Sid... cashes my dole down that post office, pays my bills and brings me this strong home brew, I'm happy as... a pig in shit.
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Mr. Scala was sitting in the living room drinking more of the blood-red home brew, flopped back in his recliner watching a soccer game on TV.
Fiction book (1999) -
The party featured a variety of drinks, but everyone preferred the rich flavor of the home brew.
Synonyms
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1.0
A drink made from grains and hops that contains alcohol
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3.5
A drink like beer made by letting ingredients turn into alcohol
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9.9
An informal word for a bottle or can of beer
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6.7
An alcoholic drink, usually beer, made at home instead of in a brewery
A drink made by soaking, boiling, and fermenting ingredients, like beer
Antonyms
How Homemade
Surface Forms
Morphology
A B1 learner who knows 'home' and 'brew' will likely infer something 'made at home' or homemade, so there is a clear compositional hook. However, the specific technical sense referring to unofficial hobbyist software/games is a domain-specific metaphorical extension and not directly predictable from the constituents, making the expression only partially transparent.
Etymology
Home brew comes from the simple picture of home and brew: people would make beer in kettles and jars at home, so the phrase came to mean 'an alcoholic drink made at home'.