light beer
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2.6
- noun
- /laɪt bɪr/
:
cerveza ligera
- At the picnic, everyone enjoyed a refreshing light beer on a hot day.
- drink light beer
- light beer with reduced calories
- tastes like a light beer
So let's see if the light beers actually taste different than the Poots.
- So let's see if the light beers actually taste different than the Poots.
Examples
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Can I have a light beer, Pete?
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As I was sitting there, sipping a light beer and waiting for my order, the owner limped past me.
Fiction book (1990) -
Hey, you got any light beer?
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And I'll have, uh, a light beer or something.
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Uh, I'll have a light beer, no glass.
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You don't like light beer?
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Walt gestured at the waitress and called out an order: light beer for Diana, regular for himself and Bill.
Fiction book (1992) -
She comes home most evenings eager only for a light beer and something nonthreatening on TV.
Fiction book (1995) -
He instructed Elspeth to open two bottles of light beer, and soon they were seated at the table in the living room.
Fiction book (1996) -
I drank no alcoholic beverages until I went to Germany, and there I drank light beer and Rhine wine.
How Alcoholic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a beer with reduced alcohol/calories' is directly and predictably derived from combining 'light' (containing fewer calories/mild) with 'beer' (the beverage). This adjective+noun compositional pattern is common across languages and follows standard modification rules, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Light beer gets its name from the word light, meaning not heavy, used with beer to show a drink made with 'less alcohol' and 'fewer calories'. That's why today light beer means a beer that is easier to drink and lower in calories.