noun
a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally it was brewed in March or April and matured until September
• Syn: ↑lager
• Hypernyms: ↑beer
• Hyponyms:
↑Munich beer, ↑Munchener, ↑bock, ↑bock beer, ↑light beer, ↑Oktoberfest, ↑Octoberfest, ↑Pilsner, ↑Pilsener, ↑malt, ↑malt liquor
Useful english dictionary. 2012.