beer
noun
ADJ. excellent, good, great, quality | strong | alcohol-free, light, low-alcohol, no-alcohol | cold, ice-cold | warm | foaming a glass of foaming ice-cold beer| black, blonde, dark | bottled, cask, draught, keg | flat (= that the gas has gone out of) | stale The pub smelled of stale beer.| home-brewed | designer The shop specializes in designer beers.
QUANT. litre, pint I ordered half a pint of beer with my sandwich.| barrel, bottle, can, glass, keg, tankard | crate
VERB + BEER drink Do you drink beer?| have Will you have a beer?| down He downed his beer in one go.| gulp (at), sip (at), swig, take a gulp/sip/swig of | draw, pour (sb) This beer should be drawn slowly. He poured us all a beer.| order I saw him at the bar ordering a beer.| go for I'm going for a beer with Carl tonight.| brew | chill
BEER + VERB chill Put the beer in the fridge to chill.| foam | go flat | flow (figurative) The beer flowed freely after the match.| slop He slammed his glass down and the beer slopped over the sides.
BEER + NOUN drinker, lover | maker | barrel, bottle, can, crate, glass, keg, mug, tankard | mat | festival | consumption, production, sales | cellar, garden The pub has a beer garden round the back.| belly He's only twenty but he's already got a beer belly(= a fat stomach from drinking too much beer).| money Playing non-league football keeps him in beer money(= earns him enough money to buy beer, but he has to do another job to earn a living).
