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ci·der

 (sī′dər)
n.
1. Unfermented juice pressed from fruit, especially apples, used as a beverage or to make other products, such as vinegar.
2. An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting juice pressed from fruit, especially apples. Also called hard cider.

[Middle English sidre, hard cider, from Old French sizre, sidre, from Late Latin sīcera, intoxicating drink, from Greek sikera, of Semitic origin; see škr in Semitic roots.]
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cider

(ˈsaɪdə) or

cyder

n
1. (Brewing) Also called (US): hard cider an alcoholic drink made from the fermented juice of apples
2. (Brewing) Also called: sweet cider US and Canadian an unfermented drink made from apple juice
[C14: from Old French cisdre, via Medieval Latin, from Late Greek sikera strong drink, from Hebrew shēkhār]
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ci•der

(ˈsaɪ dər)

n.
the juice pressed from apples, used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider), or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
[1250–1300; Middle English sidre < Old French si(s)dre < Late Latin sīcera strong drink < Greek sikera < Hebrew shēkhār]
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cider

hard cider
Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.cider - a beverage made from juice pressed from applescider - a beverage made from juice pressed from apples
beverage, drinkable, potable, drink - any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"
hard cider - alcoholic drink from fermented cider; `cider' and `cyder' are European (especially British) usages for the fermented beverage
scrumpy - strong cider (as made in western England)
sweet cider - unfermented cider
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Translations
jablečné vínojablečný moštmošt
cideræblevin
siideriomenamehu
vino od jabuke
almabor
eplasafi, eplavín
りんご酒
사과즙
sidras
sidrs
jablčný mušt
cider
น้ำแอปเปิ้ลที่มีแอลกอฮอล์
rượu táo

cider

[ˈsaɪdəʳ]
A. Nsidra f
B. CPD cider apple Nmanzana f de sidra
cider press Nlagar m para hacer sidra
cider vinegar Nvinagre m de sidra
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cider

[ˈsaɪdər] ncidre mcider vinegar nvinaigre m de cidre
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cider

nApfelwein m, → Cidre m; hard cider (US) → Apfelwein m (voll vergoren); sweet cidersüßer Apfelwein (teilweise vergoren), → Rauscher m (dial); rough ciderApfelwein m (mit größerem Alkoholgehalt)

cider

:
cider apple
nMostapfel m
cider press
nApfelpresse f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

cider

[ˈsaɪdəʳ] nsidro
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

cider

(ˈsaidə) noun
an alcoholic drink made from apples.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

cider

عَصِير التُّفاح الـمُخَمَّر jablečné víno cider Apfelwein μηλίτης sidra siideri cidre vino od jabuke sidro りんご酒 사과즙 appelwijn sider cydr sidra сидр cider น้ำแอปเปิ้ลที่มีแอลกอฮอล์ elma şarabı rượu táo 苹果酒
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References in classic literature ?
He then ordered two bottles of cider, and seemed to take as little notice of our host as our host did of him.
Abner himself avowed his complete innocence, and told the neighbors how a red-haired man with a hare lip and a pepper-and- salt suit of clothes had called him up one morning about daylight and offered to swap him a good sleigh for an old cider press he had layin' out in the dooryard.
"It is just as if you would reproach me, monseigneur, for going to the Rue Planche Milbray, to fetch, myself, the cider M.
"But the grandest thing of all was, I fetched the King a glass of cider!"
He treated her to cider and cake, bought her a silk shawl, and then, thinking she had guessed his purpose, offered to see her home.
"Saddle of mutton," said he after profound reflection: "and cider to drink.
He had partaken of the homely abundance of their tables, had quaffed the far-famed Shaker cider, and had joined in the sacred dance, every step of which is believed to alienate the enthusiast from earth, and bear him onward to heavenly purity and bliss.
"Why--Tess!--my chil'--I thought you was married!--married really and truly this time--we sent the cider "
I was walking along a public path that threads through a private Devonshire orchard and seems to point towards Devonshire cider, when I came suddenly upon just such a place as the path suggested.
I saw at Low's Harbour the Chilotans making chichi, or cider, with this fruit: so true is it, as Humboldt remarks, that almost everywhere man finds means of preparing some kind of beverage from the vegetable kingdom.
There are fifty-seven apple-evaporating furnaces, to say nothing of the apple canneries and cider and vinegar factories.
He felt like a blow on his chest, but said only: "Go, draw me some cider. I am thirsty!"