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LAGER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons
Synonyms:
laager; lager
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("lager" is a kind of...):
bivouac; camp; cantonment; encampment (temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers)
Domain region:
Republic of South Africa; South Africa (a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally it was brewed in March or April and matured until September
Synonyms:
lager; lager beer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("lager" is a kind of...):
beer (a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lager"):
Munchener; Munich beer (a dark lager produced in Munich since the 10th century; has a distinctive taste of malt)
bock; bock beer (a very strong lager traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption in the spring)
light beer (lager with reduced alcohol content)
Octoberfest; Oktoberfest (a strong lager made originally in Germany for the Oktoberfest celebration; sweet and copper-colored)
Pilsener; Pilsner (a pale lager with strong flavor of hops; first brewed in the Bohemian town of Pilsen)
malt; malt liquor (a lager of high alcohol content; by law it is considered too alcoholic to be sold as lager or beer)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb lager
