lager
verbEtymology From German Lagerbier (“beer made for storing”), from Lager (“store”). Cognate with native English lair.
1
To store (lager beer) at a low temperature for maturing and clarification.
- Related terms
- ale
lager
nounUK /ˈlɑːɡə/ · US /ˈlɑɡɚ/
Etymology From German Lagerbier (“beer made for storing”), from Lager (“store”). Cognate with native English lair.
1
A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast.
- The 40-year-old [Mike Skinner] is happy to put his body on the line in other ways, swapping a mug of tea for a fan's double pint of lager and messily necking it in one.2019 January 26, Kitty Empire [pseudonym], “The Streets review – the agony and ecstasy of a great everyman”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2019:
- Derived terms
- cooking lager, lager-beer, lager-conditioned, lagering, lagerita, lagerlike, lager lout, lagerphone, lager top, lagery, superlagerlagered up