Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any one of various liquids for drinking, usually excluding water.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Drink of any kind; liquor for drinking: as, water is the common beverage; intoxicating beverages.
- n. A name given specifically to various kinds of refreshing drinks. In Devonshire, England, water-cider; a drink made by passing water through the crushed apples from which cider has been made.
- n. In Great Britain, drink-money, or a treat provided with drink-money, as on wearing a new suit of clothes, or on receiving a suit from the tailor; a treat on first coming into prison; a garnish.
Wiktionary
- n. A liquid to consume, usually excluding water; a drink. This may include tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or soft drinks.
- n. slang, archaic A treat, or drink money.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Liquid for drinking; drink; -- usually applied to drink artificially prepared and of an agreeable flavor.
- n. Specifically, a name applied to various kinds of drink.
- n. Slang A treat, or drink money.
WordNet 3.0
- n. any liquid suitable for drinking
Etymologies
- Old French bevrage, from boivre ("to drink"), from Latin bibō. Cognate to imbibe. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Old French bevrage, from beivre, to drink, from Latin bibere; see pō(i)- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“It could be that Bush was unaware that Pisco Sour was alcoholic, or that he merely took a sip so as not offend his hosts – the beverage is the country's national drink – but drink it he did.”
“It's garden-variety product placement, but instead of stars conspicuously drinking a certain beverage or driving a certain car, they're battling eco-baddies or monologuing about the dangers of CFCs.”
“Whenever a grape reaches a kind of mass-market popularity, it is inevitably over-cropped (see also Merlot) and dumbed-down to meet the requirements of people whose other first choice in beverage is Coca-Cola.”
French winemakers found guilty in pinot noir fraud | Dr Vino's wine blog
“Drinking the local beverage is a sure way to warm the hearts of the locals.”
The Huffington Post: The World's Best Alcholic Libations & Where To Drink Them (PHOTOS)
“As a green tea devotee, I feel a glow of good health whenever my favorite hot beverage is lauded for its wellness-boosting properties.”
Consumer Reports: Drinking green tea doesn't lower breast cancer risk
“Besides milk, water should be the main beverage, he says.”
“Any caffeinated alcoholic beverage is bound to be very popular with the college crowds.”
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Tom and Jerry CGI project = Gonna suck
“Food and beverage is just a button away ... * le sigh*”
Angels' Pawn is out! Psst...something cool in the post [Edited]
“The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), or National Volunteer Corps, said the bovine beverage is undergoing laboratory tests for the next 2 to 3 months but did not give a specific date for its commercial release.”
“Our speculators frequent certain places which are call coffy-huysen or coffee-houses because a certain beverage is served there called coffy by the Dutch and Caffé by the Levantines.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘beverage’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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TECH - department store terms
lift, flask, datum, cater, absorbable, access road, account book, acoustic, adding machine, adhesive, advisory service, aeration and 231 more...
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Specifically
Being a list of words which have "specifically" in their definitions.
recompose, specifically, Dutch, abstinence, discipline, virtue, namely, opening, century, amalgamation, cup, second and 303 more...
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The -ages of Man(-age)
Trivet also has this list, which you should go see. And then I found this list, and this list...
manage, salvage, selvadge, savage, voyage, umbrage, entourage, homage, carriage, marriage, language, potage and 123 more...
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Real words that I love
Words that make me happy in my pants AND have a place in the dictionary.
enervate, efficacious, basilisk, minotaur, elfin, elephantine, schadenfreude, enigma, emasculate, acidic, appalling, ridiculous and 102 more...
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my list
executive, oxide, slang, paddy, calamity, pledge, carved, deliberate, vastly, tolerate, simultaneous, ornamental and 114 more...
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food
food, chef, spice, salt, sugar, pumpkin, apples, fruit, vegetable, savory, soup, sauce and 280 more...
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What Is the Sound of One Hand Typing?
Words you can type with one hand--if you learned how to type formally. Hunt-and-peck method doesn't count. ;-) I'm keeping it to five or more letters to avoid an excessively lengthy list.
<...racecar, start, create, desert, dessert, secret, secrete, sweet, tresses, poppy, puppy, homonym and 141 more...
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merfee's Words
supple, dichotomy, relish, rhapsody, pneumonoultramicr..., embrace, ishmael, ebullient, recalcitrant, elegy, char, lugubrious and 522 more...
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Words Typed with the Left Hand Only
devastate, stargazer, beverage, addressed, cataract, beggar, debased, vertebrate, aftertaste, exaggerate, stewardesses, aggregrate
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Words from The Big Lebowski
One of the best movies ever
dude, rug, White Russian, bowling, Walter, Donny, coitus, Vietnam, nihilist, toe, pomeranian, ringer and 4 more...
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MEC1 Lesson 110
tender, sirloin, tip, crisp, belong, landfill, overflowing, web, merely, strand, beverage, reminder and 20 more...
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wordage
-age words
verbiage, decoupage, coinage, slayage, usage, carnage, damage, courage, savage, beverage, language, blockage and 82 more...
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words i like
yay words
beverage, pteropine, gravid, visceral, reconvene, aurora, polyp, luna, astonish, toast, bequeath
Tweets
Looking for tweets for beverage.
ulleskelf Why use 'drink', when beverage is better?! Oct 12, 2007