near beer

Noun

Meaning

drink that resembles beer but with less than 1/2 percent alcohol

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

chaser belt beast lager beer bottle cocktail brew booze cab cris carouse bracer boose aqua vitae

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Antonyms

water drinking water bottled water distilled water fish broth tap water

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Hypernyms

drink beverage potable drinkable

Examples

If I have a near-beer, I'm near beer. And if I'm near beer, I'm close to tequila. And if I'm close to tequila, I'm adjacent to cocaine. Craig Ferguson

A popular illegal practice was to add alcohol to near beer. Source: Internet

By 1921 production of near beer had reached over 300 million US gallons (1 billion L) a year (36 L/s). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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