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la·ger1

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–noun

1.	Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.

–verb (used with object)

2.	to age (beer) usually by storing in tanks at just-below freezing temperatures for several weeks or months.

[Origin: 1835–45; short for lager beer, half adoption, half trans. of G Lagerbier. See lair¹, beer

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la·ger2

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–noun, verb (used with object), verb (used without object) South African.

laager.

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n. A type of beer of German origin that contains a relatively small amount of hops and is aged from six weeks to six months to allow sedimentation. Also called lager beer.

[German, short for Lagerbier : Lager, storehouse, cellar (from Middle High German leger, from Old High German legar, bed, lair; see legh- in Indo-European roots) + Bier, beer.]

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lager

1858, Amer.Eng., short for lager beer (1853), from Ger. Lager-bier "beer brewed for keeping," from Lager "storehouse" (see lair) + Bier "beer."

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lager
noun
1.	a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons [syn: laager]
2.	a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally it was brewed in March or April and matured until September

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lager [ˈlaːgə] noun

a light-coloured beer

Arabic:	بيرَه خفيفَه
Chinese (Simplified):	淡色啤酒
Chinese (Traditional):	淡色啤酒
Czech:	ležák
Danish:	pilsner
Dutch:	pils
Estonian:	laagriõlu
Finnish:	lager-olut
French:	bière blonde (de type allemand)
German:	das Lagerbier
Greek:	ξανθή μπίρα
Hungarian:	világos sör
Icelandic:	lageröl
Indonesian:	bir
Italian:	birra chiara*

Japanese:	ラガービール
Korean:	저장 맥주
Latvian:	gaišalus
Lithuanian:	šviesusis alus
Norwegian:	pils
Polish:	jasne piwo
Portuguese (Brazil):	cerveja lager
Portuguese (Portugal):	cerveja
Romanian:	bere blondă (germană)
Russian:	лагер, светлое пиво
Slovak:	ležiak
Slovenian:	svetlo pivo
Spanish:	cerveza rubia
Swedish:	lageröl, pilsner
Turkish:	açık renli bira