noun
a very strong lager traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption in the spring
• Syn: ↑bock
• Hypernyms: ↑lager, ↑lager beer
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\\ˈbäk-\ noun or bockEtymology: bock beer part translation of German bockbier, by folk etymology (influence of bock he-goat) & shortening from Einbecker bier, literally, beer from Einbeck, from Einbeck, town in Hannover, Germany; bock from German, short for bockbier
: a heavy dark rich beer usually sold in the early spring
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/bok/
a strong, dark beer typically brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption the following spring. Also called bock.
[1855-60; < G Bock, Bockbier lit., buck beer, perh. by misdivision of Eimbecker Bier (as if ein Bockbier one Bockbier) beer of Eimbeck in Lower Saxony, Germany]
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a strong, dark-colored, rather sweet beer, usually brewed in the winter for use in the spring.
╂[American English < German Bock, Bockbier, short for Eimbock Bier beer of Eimbock, or Einbeck, Hanover, Germany]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.