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BEVERAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any liquid suitable for drinking
Example:
may I take your beverage order?
Synonyms:
beverage; drink; drinkable; potable
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("beverage" is a kind of...):
liquid (a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure)
food; nutrient (any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "beverage"):
drinking water (water suitable for drinking)
tea-like drink (a beverage that resembles tea but is not made from tea leaves)
tea (a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water)
coffee; java (a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans)
soft drink (nonalcoholic beverage (usually carbonated))
mate (South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate)
ade; fruit drink (a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice)
fruit crush; fruit juice (drink produced by squeezing or crushing fruit)
chocolate; cocoa; drinking chocolate; hot chocolate (a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot)
cider; cyder (a beverage made from juice pressed from apples)
fizz (an effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic))
smoothie (a thick smooth drink consisting of fresh fruit pureed with ice cream or yoghurt or milk)
refresher (a drink that refreshes)
cooler (an iced drink especially white wine and fruit juice)
mixer (club soda or fruit juice used to mix with alcohol)
ginger beer (carbonated slightly alcoholic drink flavored with fermented ginger)
near beer (drink that resembles beer but with less than 1/2 percent alcohol)
oenomel (wine mixed with honey)
hydromel (honey diluted in water; becomes mead when fermented)
alcohol; alcoholic beverage; alcoholic drink; inebriant; intoxicant (a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent)
potion (a medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage)
wish-wash (any thin watery drink)
milk (a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings)
Context examples:
The use of alcoholic beverages to excess, either on individual occasions ("binge drinking") or as a regular practice.
(Alcohol Abuse, NCI Thesaurus)
This condition is attributed to excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages.
(Alcoholic Cirrhosis, NCI Thesaurus)
In addition, smoothies are usually very high in calories and so aren't recommended as daily beverages.
(Sugary Fruit Juices May Increase Risk of Early Death, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
In this study, approximately 9 percent of the women reported consuming at least one artificially sweetened beverage each day.
(Drinking diet beverages during pregnancy linked to child obesity, NIH)
I was mightily refreshed by the beverage; as much so as a giant with wine: it gave new tone to my unstrung nerves, and enabled me to address this penetrating young judge steadily.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Dietary components include drinking water, alcoholic beverages, and vitamin and trace element supplements.
(Nutrition, Other, NCI Thesaurus)
Role of alcoholic beverages in cancer causation or prevention and in general health.
(Nutrition, Alcohol, NCI Thesaurus)
The DASH eating plan emphasizes vegetables, fruits, and whole grains; includes fat-free or low-fat dairy products, fish, poultry, beans, nuts, and vegetable oils; and limits sweets, sugary beverages, and red meats.
(Low-glycemic diets may not improve cardiovascular outcomes when compared to high-glycemic diets, NIH)
Eating too much processed meat (8.2%), sugar-sweetened beverages (7.4%), and unprocessed red meat (0.4%) also raised the risk of heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes-related deaths.
(How dietary factors influence disease risk, NIH)
Nitrosodipropylamine is found as a contaminant in cheese, alcoholic beverages, rubber products and certain herbicides.
(Nitrosodipropylamine, NCI Thesaurus)
