cider

[ sahy-der ]

noun
  1. the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider ) or after fermentation (hard cider ), or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.

Origin of cider

1
1250–1300; Middle English sidre<Middle French <Old French si(s)dre<Late Latin sīcera strong drink <Septuagint Greek sī́kera<Hebrew shēkhār (Levit. 10:9); replacing Middle English sithere<Old French sidre
  • Also British, cy·der .

Other words from cider

  • ci·der·ish, ci·der·like, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for cider

cider

cyder

/ (ˈsaɪdə) /


noun
  1. Also called (US): hard cider an alcoholic drink made from the fermented juice of apples

  2. Also called: sweet cider US and Canadian an unfermented drink made from apple juice

Origin of cider

1
C14: from Old French cisdre, via Medieval Latin, from Late Greek sikera strong drink, from Hebrew shēkhār

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