beverage

Definition

A liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or a soft drink, usually excluding water.

Etymology

From Middle English beverage, from Old French beverage, variant of bevrage, from beivre (“to drink”), variant of boivre (“to drink”), from Latin bibō. Related to imbibe.

Example Sentences

• "carbonated beverage"
• "alcoholic beverage"
• "He knew no Beverage but the flowing Stream; / His taſteful well-earn'd Food the ſilvan Game, […]"

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