Definition of ale Ale
/ejˈl/ - [eyl] - ale
We found 10 definitions of ale from 7 different sources.
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What does ale mean?
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NounPlural: ales |
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| ale - a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume | ||
| beer a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops | ||
| weissbier, wheat beer, white beer a general name for beers made from wheat by top fermentation; usually very pale and cloudy and effervescent | ||
| bitter the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth | ||
| burton a strong dark English ale | ||
| pale ale an amber colored ale brewed with pale malts; similar to bitter but drier and lighter | ||
| porter's beer, porter a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley | ||
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Wiktionary 
- ale (Noun)
An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops. - ale (Noun)
A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ale (n.)
An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops. - ale (n.)
A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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ale
An alcoholic beverage commonly fermented from barley malt, with hops or some other substance to impart a bitter flavor.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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ale
āl, n. a beverage made from an infusion of malt by fermentation: a festival, so called from the liquor drunk.—ns. Ale′berry, a beverage made from ale; Ale′conner, an ale-taster, a civic officer appointed to test the quality of the ale brewed—A.S. cunnere, a trier; Ale′-house, a house in which ale is sold. [A.S. alu; Ice. öl.]
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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Good ale is meat, drink, and cloth. -
ale
He that buys land buys many stones, He that buys flesh buys many bones, He that buys eggs buys many shells, He that buys ale buys nothing else.
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🔤- ale, noun, singular of ales.
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