cider

[ sahy-der ]

noun

1. the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation sweet cider or after fermentation hard cider, or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.

cider

/ ˈsaɪdə /

noun

1. Also called (US)hard cider an alcoholic drink made from the fermented juice of apples
2. Also calledsweet cider an unfermented drink made from apple juice

Other Words From

• cider·ish cider·like adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cider¹

1250–1300; Middle English sidre < Middle French < Old French si ( s ) dre < Late Latin sīcera strong drink < Septuagint Greek sī́kera < Hebrew shēkhār (Levit. 10:9); replacing Middle English sithere < Old French sidre

Word History and Origins

Origin of cider¹

C14: from Old French cisdre, via Medieval Latin, from Late Greek sikera strong drink, from Hebrew shēkhār

Example Sentences

His biographer, Tom Baldwin, notes his favourite drink as a student was a mix of beer and cider - or Snakebite - and he had a taste for curry and chips.

From BBC

I listened anyway, washing down its controlled sense of rage with regular swigs of cider.

From BBC

Van Buren, meanwhile, aimed to portray Harrison, a Virginian, as an unsophisticated “country squire” who lived in a log cabin and drank hard cider, Kraig said.

From Los Angeles Times

For vinegar washes, you can use distilled malt, cider or wine vinegars.

From Salon

He once turned up to a party with a non-alcoholic cider, with the zero part of the label covered just to keep up appearances.

From BBC