noun
cider
SIGH-dur/ˈsaɪdər/
A drink made from pressed apple juice, sometimes fermented.
The apple press releases fresh cider into a pitcher.
Etymology
The ancestor meant strong drink generally. In English, the meaning narrowed to fermented apple juice, then broadened again to include pressed apple juice before fermentation.
In context
the working man's Apple was small bitter and shaken off trees you couldn't eat them but you could drink them cider was like water
More examples
- They bought sweet nonalcoholic cider at the orchard.
- The brewery serves a fermented cider.
- The label identified the drink as hard cider.
Forms
cider · ciders
Similar words
- apple juice
- Often filtered and clearer than American sweet cider.
- hard cider
- Fermented alcoholic cider rather than the nonalcoholic drink.