white beer
- noun
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- I enjoy a cold white beer on hot summer days.
Examples
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On hot summer days, many people enjoy a chilled glass of white beer.
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He ordered a pint of white beer to pair with his seafood platter.
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The brewery is famous for its signature white beer, which is light and slightly fruity.
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Do you prefer white beer or lager?
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At the summer festival, I enjoyed a refreshing white beer while listening to live music.
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The restaurant's menu features a variety of craft brews, including a smooth and tangy white beer that pairs well with seafood.
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After a long day at work, she poured herself a chilled white beer and relaxed on the porch.
Synonyms
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A drink made from grains and hops that contains alcohol
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A light pale beer made with a lot of wheat, often cloudy and fizzy
A pale cloudy beer made from wheat that comes from Bavaria in Germany
A pale cloudy beer from Germany made mostly from wheat
A pale cloudy Belgian beer that brewers make from wheat and spices like orange peel and coriander
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a pale, cloudy wheat beer' is directly derivable from combining the adjective 'white' (describing color/appearance) with 'beer' — i.e., a beer that is pale/light in color. This adjectival noun composition is cross-linguistically common (cf. French 'bière blanche', Dutch 'witbier') and follows regular English patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the intended sense.
Etymology
The noun white beer comes from the pale, cloudy look of some beers made with wheat and yeast. Because the drink looked almost 'white' beside dark beers, people called it white beer, and today the name still means a light, cloudy wheat beer.