noun
cider
SEYE-duh
noun
1
A drink made from fermented apple juice, which may be alcoholic or not depending on region.
"They shared a pint of cider at the pub."
"The kids drank apple cider at the harvest festival."
How to Use Cider
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn apple-based drink — alcoholic in the UK sense, often non-alcoholic in the US sense.
UK vs US
In the UK, "cider" usually means an alcoholic drink; in the US, plain "cider" is often the non-alcoholic version, with "hard cider" used for the alcoholic kind.
Common pairings
a pint of cider
apple cider
hard cider
Word Forms
ciders plural
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Etymology
From Old French cisdre/sidre, from Medieval Latin sicera, ultimately from a Hebrew word for a strong drink.