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ci⋅der

  [sahy-der]
–noun
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.
Also, British, cyder.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME sidre < MF < OF si(s)dre < LL sīcera strong drink < Septuagint Gk skera < Heb shēkhār (Levit. 10:9); r. ME sithere < OF sidre

Related forms:
ci⋅der⋅ish, ci⋅der⋅like, adjective
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sweet cider  
n.  Unfermented cider.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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