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beverage
What does beverage mean?
beverage (noun): a liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or a soft drink, often excluding water.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use beverage in a sentence?
- May I take your beverage order? (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
Where does beverage come from?
From Middle English beverage, from Old French beverage, variant of bevrage, from beivre (“to drink”), variant of boivre (“to drink”), from Latin bibō.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “beverage” mean?
a liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or a soft drink, often excluding water
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the front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area
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a device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect
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power or right to make or enforce rules, give orders, or impose obligation; or a position having such power or right
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