- beer
- nounADJECTIVE▪ good, great, quality▪ cheap▪ strong▪ alcohol-free, light, low-alcohol, no-alcohol, non-alcoholic▪ cold, ice-cold▪ warm▪ black, blonde, dark▪ wheat▪ craft, specialty (both AmE)▪ domestic (esp. AmE), imported, local▪ bottled, cask (BrE), draught/draft, keg▪ flat (= that the gas has gone out of)▪ stale▪
The bar smelled of stale beer.
▪ home-brewed▪ ginger, root (AmE)… OF BEER▪ pint (BrE)▪I ordered half a pint of beer with my sandwich.
▪ barrel, bottle, can, keg, pitcher (AmE)▪ cup (AmE), glass, mug (AmE), tankard▪ case (esp. AmE), crate (esp. BrE), six-packVERB + BEER▪ drink▪Do you drink beer?
▪ have▪Will you have a beer?
▪ get, grab (esp. AmE)▪ down▪He downed his beer in one go.
▪ chug (AmE), gulp, gulp at, guzzle, sip, sip at, swig▪ take a gulp of, take a sip of, take a swig of▪ draw, pour (sb)▪This beer should be drawn slowly.
▪He poured us all a beer.
▪ spill▪ buy (sb), order▪I saw him at the bar ordering a beer.
▪ sell, serve▪ go for (BrE), go out for▪I'm going (out) for a beer with Carl tonight.
▪ brew▪ chillBEER + VERB▪ chill▪I have some beers chilling in the cooler.
▪ go flat▪ flow (figurative)▪The beer flowed freely after the game.
▪ spill▪He slammed his glass down and the beer spilled over the sides.
BEER + NOUN▪ drinker, lover▪ maker▪ barrel, bottle, can, crate (esp. BrE), glass, keg, mug, stein (AmE), tankard▪ coaster (AmE), mat (BrE)▪ cooler (esp. AmE)▪ festival▪ consumption, production, sales▪ ad (informal), advertisement, commercial▪ cellar (BrE), garden▪Children are welcome in the beer garden.
▪ belly, gut (both informal)▪He's only twenty but he already has a beer belly.
▪ money▪Singing in bars keeps him in beer money (= earns him a little money).
Collocations dictionary. 2013.