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Definition of Lager
1. Noun. A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
Generic synonyms: Bivouac, Camp, Cantonment, Encampment
Geographical relationships: Republic Of South Africa, South Africa
2. Noun. A general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally it was brewed in March or April and matured until September.
Generic synonyms: Beer
Specialized synonyms: Munchener, Munich Beer, Bock, Bock Beer, Light Beer, Octoberfest, Oktoberfest, Pilsener, Pilsner, Malt, Malt Liquor
Definition of Lager
1. n. Lager beer.
Definition of Lager
1. Noun. A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast. ¹
2. Noun. (alternative spelling of laager) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lager
1. to laager [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: laager
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lager
Literary usage of Lager
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Brewing Industry and the Brewery Workers' Movement in America by Hermann Schlüter (1910)
"lager BEER Until the early forties of the nineteenth century, ... lager beer,
which had been brewed in Germany since the thirteenth century, was not known ..."
2. Federal Statutes Annotated: Containing All the Laws of the United States of by United States, William Mark McKinney, Thomas H. Calvert (1917)
"That there shall be levied, collected, and paid in lieu of the tax of $1 now
imposed by law, a tax of $1.50 on all beer, lager beer, ale, porter, ..."
3. Zeitschrift Für Kristallographie, Kristallgeometrie, Kristallphysik (1905)
"Die lieferen lager enthalten noch Magnetit und bis "20°/o Siderit, in einigen
Horizonten auch Pyrit als charakteristischen ..."
4. Sunshine and shadow in New York by Matthew Hale Smith (1869)
"lager BEER GARDEN'S. ... and immense German lager beer gardens are here located.
Pawnbrokers flourish, dealers in lottery policies abound. ..."
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