beverage meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

beverage

noun

UK /ˈbɛv(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/ · US /ˈbɛvɚɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology From Middle English beverage, from Old French beverage, variant of bevrage, from beivre (“to drink”), variant of boivre (“to drink”), from Latin bibō. Related to imbibe.

A liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or a soft drink, often excluding water.

carbonated beverage
alcoholic beverage

2 more examples

He knew no Beverage but the flowing Stream; / His taſteful well-earn'd Food the ſilvan Game, […]1748, James Thomson, “Canto II”, in The Castle of Indolence: […], London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, stanza VII, page 44:
[W]here coffee is used as a constant beverage, the gravel and the gout are scarcely known.1848, J. S. Skinner & Son, editor, The Plough, The Loom and the Anvil, volume I, Philadelphia: J. S. Skinner & Son, page 137:

UK, Archaic, Slang (A gift of) drink money.

Synonyms: beverage, beveridge, drink, libation, liquor, potable, potation
Derived terms: adult beverage, beverageware, functional beverage, junk beverage, nonbeverage
Related terms: bever, drinkware, hydrate, quench, taste, thirst, :Category:en:Beverages
Hypernyms: liquid, refreshment
Hyponyms: alcoholic beverage, soft drink, water, milk, soda, cola, lemonade, juice, smoothie, cordial, tea, coffee, chocolate, hot chocolate