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lager

/ˈlɑɡɚ/

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What does lager mean?

noun

  1. A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast.
  2. Alternative spelling of laager.

verb

  1. To store (lager beer) at a low temperature for maturing and clarification.
More meanings (1)

verb

  1. Alternative spelling of laager.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈlɑɡɚ/

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Theron had never seen any considerable number of his fellow-citizens engaged in drinking lager beer before.
Harold FredericThe Damnation of Theron WareProject Gutenberg ebook #133
It resembled tea less than lager beer resembles champagne.
Jack LondonThe People of the AbyssProject Gutenberg ebook #1688
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The chair in which the President sat, while declining to take a glass of lager I have had destroyed, in order that no one may sit in it.
Charles Dudley WarnerThe Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #2671
In strength and effect it resembles lager beer, and is the popular drink with all classes throughout Mexico where it has been in vogue for centuries and is esteemed as "the only drink fit for thirsty angels and men."
J. A. (Joseph Amasa) MunkArizona SketchesProject Gutenberg ebook #756
"Here," he goes on to explain, "there is no foamy lager, no money, no comfort, no amusement of any kind, but there is individual liberty, and it is very easy making a living; therefore it is for me a better country than Deutschland."
Thomas StevensAround the World on a Bicycle - Volume I From San Francisco to TeheranProject Gutenberg ebook #5136