[bɪə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an alcoholic drink made from yeast-fermented malt flavoured with hops
(e.g: a pint of beer)


Phrases:
- beer and skittles

Origin:
Old English bēor, of West Germanic origin, based on monastic Latin biber ‘a drink’, from Latin bibere ‘to drink’; related to Dutch bier and German Bier