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Meaning of "root beer" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ROOT BEER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROOT BEER

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Root beer is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ROOT BEER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Root beer

Root beer is a carbonated, sweetened beverage, originally made using the root of the sassafras plant as the primary flavor. Root beer, popularized in North America, comes in two forms: alcoholic and soft drink. The historical root beer was analogous to small beer in that the process provided a drink with a very low alcohol content. Although roots are used as the source of many soft drinks throughout the world, often different names are used.

Definition of root beer in the English dictionary

The definition of root beer in the dictionary is an effervescent drink made from extracts of various roots and herbs.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROOT BEER

root
root and branch
root canal
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root cap
root cause
root climber
root crop
root crops
root ginger
root hair
root mean square
root nodule
root out
root position
root sign
root treatment
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root vegetable
root word

WORDS THAT END LIKE ROOT BEER

Bantu beer
barley beer
beer
bock beer
bottled beer
craft beer
draught beer
ginger beer
guest beer
ice beer
kaffir beer
keg beer
light beer
Meyerbeer
near beer
real beer
small beer
sorghum beer
spruce beer
wheat beer

Synonyms and antonyms of root beer in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «root beer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROOT BEER

Find out the translation of root beer to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of root beer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «root beer» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

根啤酒
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cerveza de raíz
570 millions of speakers

English

root beer
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रूट बियर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البيرة الجذر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

рутбир
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cerveja
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রুট বিয়ার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

root beer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bir akar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

root Beer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ルートビール
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

루트 맥주
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

ROOT bir
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bia gốc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ரூட் பீர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रूट बीयर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kök bira
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

root beer
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Root Beer
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рутбір
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μπύρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wortel bier
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

root beer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vørterøl
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of root beer

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROOT BEER»

The term «root beer» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.212 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROOT BEER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about root beer

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QUOTES WITH «ROOT BEER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word root beer.
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Dylan O'Brien
I'm a big root beer guy.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROOT BEER»

Discover the use of root beer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to root beer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Homemade Root Beer, Soda & Pop
It's fun and easy to make your own soda! Stephen Cresswell offers more than 60 soft drink recipes that your family will love. Make your own soft drinks that are tastier, healthier, and cheaper than anything you'll find in stores!
Stephen Cresswell, 2012
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True Brews: How to Craft Fermented Cider, Beer, Wine, Sake, ...
All you need is the know-how. That’s where Emma Christensen comes in, distilling a wide variety of projects—from mead to kefir to sake—to their simplest forms, making the process fun and accessible for homebrewers.
Emma Christensen, 2013
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America's Best BBQ: 100 Recipes from America's Best ...
100 Recipes from America's Best Smokehouses, Pits, Shacks, Rib Joints, Roadhouses, and Restaurants Davis, PhB, Ardie A., Kirk, CWC, PhB, BSAS, Chef Paul. Root Beer Cake Root Beer Cake Root Beer Cake Lexington Banana Lexington ...
Davis, PhB, Ardie A., Kirk, CWC, PhB, BSAS, Chef Paul, 2009
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Consumer Behaviour Analysis: The behavioural economics of ...
In one early examination of substitutability (Kagel et al., 1975; Rachlin et al., 1976 ), rats' responding for two different reinforcers (either root beer and Tom Collins mix or food and water) was studied under concurrent fixed-ratio (conc FR) ...
G. R. Foxall, 2002
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Encyclopedia of Junk Food and Fast Food
By the 1840s, commercially root beer bottled in stoneware was sold in confectionery and general stores. Recipes for root beer appeared in cookbooks by the 1860s. Precisely when root beer syrup was combined with carbonated water to form ...
Andrew F. Smith, 2006
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Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book
Look for root beer concentrate in the spice section. Prep: 15 minutes Cook: 8 to 10 hours Makes: 8 to 1 0 servings 1 21/2- to 3-pound pork sirloin roast 1/2 teaspoon salt '/? teaspoon black pepper 1 tablespoon cooking oil 2 medium onions, cut ...
Jennifer Darling, 2002
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Minnesota Eats Out: An Illustrated History
FROSTY ROOT BEER t\ T A uring Prohibition root beer was so popular it was some- times called the national temperance drink. The tart and rooty refreshment provided work and wages for carhops during the summer months. A really good ...
Kathryn Koutsky, Linda Koutsky, 2003
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Sundae Best: A History of Soda Fountains
Another claimed that Hires Root Beer "gives children the strength to resist the enervating effects of the heat, bridges the convalescent over the trying part of a hot day, helps even a cynic see the brighter side of life." Although Hires was more  ...
Anne Cooper Funderburg, 2002
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Fix the Pumps
Darcy S. O'Neil. Mead £t Root Beer In its original context, mead is usually thought of as a fermented honey beverage. That changed over time and came to mean a sweetened beverage flavoured with herbs and spices. Unlike traditional meads ...
Darcy S. O'Neil, 2010
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Secret Portland, Oregon: The Unique Guidebook to Portland's ...
Not that long ago, root beer was the soda-pop flavor of choice. Long before there was Pepsi and Mountain Dew, there was root beer, the drink that defined an era of drive-in hamburger stands, soda fountains, and simpler times. These days, it's  ...
Ann Carroll Burgess, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROOT BEER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term root beer is used in the context of the following news items.
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Classic root beer floats quenches thirst during summertime
Liberty Candy Company, on the corner of Main Street and Church Street in Flowery Branch, added the root beer float to its menu recently. It is a combination of ... «Washington Times, Jul 15»
2
Root beer with a buzz is the latest brew trend
Not Your Father's Root Beer, from Small Town Brewery in Wauconda, Ill., is new on the retail scene and has already earned a rating of 94 out of 100 on Beer ... «Fox News, Jul 15»
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Boozy Root Beer Is About to Be Huge
Hard root beer–think A&W with alcohol–is coming to a head this summer, as craft breweries look for a competitive edge and drinkers develop a taste for sweeter ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
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Not Your Father's Root Beer is a huge hit in WNY
Not Your Father's Root Beer, an alcoholic beverage produced by Small Town, has been quickly selling out in area stores. Here it's pictured as a sample-sized ... «Buffalo.com, Jul 15»
5
Crafters brew hard root beers
On a liquor shelf near you there is likely a bottle of Not Your Father's Root Beer with a Small Town Brewery label. Last month, Pabst announced it would ... «St. Cloud Times, Jul 15»
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Not Your Father's Root Beer: Small Town Brewery's Alcoholic Root …
Its popularity surprised us, because A) no one had ever heard of Small Town Brewery, and B) the beer wasn't beer at all, but root beer. A kick-your-ass 19.5 ... «Phoenix New Times, Jul 15»
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Summer beers to cure what ales you
Some local beer experts have made it easy for you, offering their advice on the ... Definitely one to watch out for, Not Your Father's Root Beer appeals to craft ... «Delmarva Daily Times, Jul 15»
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Ribbon cutting of new Zatarain's $26 million plant in Gretna toasted …
Root beer extract is the best-selling Zatarain's product on Amazon.com. Root beer was served to make a root beer toast at the event. Root beer was Emile ... «NOLA.com, Jul 15»
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It's Not Your Father's Root Beer - but whose is it?
SOMETHING smells about Not Your Father's Root Beer, and I'm not talking about the heavy dose of vanilla extract that flavors the suddenly popular brew. «Philly.com, Jul 15»
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Billionaire Sam Adams founder explains how he helped spark the …
Boston Beer Co. had a record 2014, bringing in $903 million in revenue and ... in beer that have disappeared, like hard root beer, which was very common in the ... «Business Insider, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Root beer [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/root-beer>. May 2024 ».
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