Ale

Definition: Ale

Ale

Noun

1. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "ale" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Food & Agriculture

Literature

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ALE

ALE

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Food

Wine, spirits, liqueur, beer, ale, malt liquor, Sir John Barleycorn, stingo, heavy wet; grog, toddy, flip, purl, punch, negus, cup, bishop, wassail; gin; (intoxicating liquor); coffee, chocolate, cocoa, tea, the cup that cheers but not inebriates; bock beer, lager beer, Pilsener beer, schenck beer; Brazil tea, cider, claret, ice water, mate, mint julep; near beer. beer, non-alcoholic beverage.

Crosswords: Ale

Basque (grain), Czech (but, however, only, though), French (ale), German (ale), Haitian Creole (go, leave), Italian (ale), Polish (but), Romanian (of), Spanish (ale), Welsh (alley).

Why don't you get me ginger ale, with a big scoop of peanut butter (Saved by the Bell; writing credit: Ana Maria Moretzsohn)

Yours was gin and ginger ale, right (Hopscotch; writing credit: Bryan Forbes; Brian Garfield)

Gif me a visky, ginger ale on the side, and don' be stingy, baby (Anna Christie; writing credit: Frances Marion; Eugene O'Neill)

I think the trick is laying off the ale before you start quoting Angela's Ashes and weeping like a baby-man (Angel; writing credit: Letícia Dornelles)

Dos thus have thou a mug of ale for me and me mate, for he hath been pitched in battle with a fort knight and has the king's thirst for the frosty brew dos thou might have for thus (The Cable Guy; writing credit: Lou Holtz Jr.)

Papa's in the icebox lookin' for a can of ale (Jump Jive An' Wail; performing artist: Brian Setzer Orchestra; writing credit: L. Prima)

I think sick like ginger ale (Inside Out; performing artist: Eve 6)

Brown Ale with Gertie (1974)

Portile albastre ale orasului (1973)

Ale dobre Stare (1963)

Cetati ale industriei socialiste (1960)

Johnson's Strong Ale (1911)

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References

• Redhook Ale Brewery, Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Ale, Beer, and Brewsters in England: Women's Work in a Changing World (reference)

• ALE, EDI, & IDoc Technologies for SAP, 2nd Edition (reference)

• Belgian Ale (Classic Beer Style Series: 6) (reference)

• Cakes and Ale (Vintage International) (reference)

• Homebrew Favorites: A Coast-To-Coast Collection of over 240 Beer and Ale Recipes (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Ale (reference)

• Ale & Lager Examiner (reference)

• Ale Street News (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Ginger Ale Afternoon (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• For Pence & Spicey Ale (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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A pitcher fill'd with nappy ale / [John Collier]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Wystrzelil, ale nie trafil. Credit: Library of Congress.

I nie na tydzien, ale na zawasze. Credit: Library of Congress.

Picadilly stagecoach boarding passengers to the exhibition at Hyde Park; coach in front of Pinchins & Co. bar and ale. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Let there be one measure of wine throughout our whole realm; and one measure of ale; and one measure of corn, to wit, "the London quarter"; and one width of cloth (whether dyed, or russet, or "halberget"), to wit, two ells within the selvedges; of weights also let it be as of measures. (reference)

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How different are the words home, Christ, ale, master, on his lips and on mine

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Health

Drink cool, clear, unsweetened fruit juices, such as apple or grape juice or light-colored sodas such as ginger ale that have lost their fizz and do not have caffeine. (references)

Mild, clear liquids, such as water, clear broth, sports drinks such as Gatorade, or ginger ale, are best. If these drinks make you more thirsty or nauseous, try diluting them with water. (references)

Human Rights

Nepal

On February 3, police in Baguwa, Gorkha District shot and killed Nar Bahadur Ale Magaar and Rita Banjara as they were preparing a stage for a mass meeting to be held by the Maoists. (references)

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Expressions using "ale": Adam's ale ♦ ale drinker ♦ Ale silver ♦ Audit ale ♦ beer or ale ♦ Bottle ale ♦ brown ale ♦ cakes and ale ♦ Gill ale ♦ Ginger ale ♦ Leet ale ♦ light ale ♦ pale ale ♦ real ale ♦ single ale ♦ slape ale. Additional references.

Beginning with "ale": ale-cart, ale-casks, ale-coloured, ale-conner, ale-cup, ale-cups, ale-horn, ale-house, ale-houses, ale-jug, ale-kegs, Ale-knight, ale-masters, ale-only, ale-scented, ale-soaked, ale-stake, ale-taster, ale-type, ale-wife, ale-women.

Ending with "ale": akeredolu-ale, Bride-ale, Church-ale, Clerk-ale, four-ale, heather-ale, real-ale, smoke-ale.

Afrikaans

bier (beer). (various references)

Albanian

birrë (beer, malt, table-beer, tap, wallop). (various references)

Arabic 

‏المزر شراب نوع من الجعة (beer). (various references)

Bavarian

bia (beer). (various references)

Bulgarian 

бира (beer, malt liquor, wallop), пиво (beer, malt liquor). (various references)

Chinese 

麥�' , 强麦�'. (various references)

Czech

pivo (beer, jar). (various references)

Danish

øl (beer). (various references)

Dutch

bier (beer). (various references)

Esperanto

ejlo, biero (beer). (various references)

Faeroese

øl (beer). (various references)

Farsi 

ابجوانگلیسی , ابجو (Beer, Gill, Porter). (various references)

Finnish

olut (beer, lager). (various references)

French

bière. (various references)

German

Bier (beer, wallop), Tal (dale, Glen, vale, valley). (various references)

Greek 

μπύρα (beer), ζύθοσ (beer, brew), είδοσ μπύρασ. (various references)

Hawaiian

birrë (beer). (various references)

Hebrew 

שכר ז� �'ויל (ginger ale). (various references)

Hungarian

világos sör (lager, lager beer, pale ale), sör (beer, hops, John Barleycorn, malt liquor, slosh), középbarna sör. (various references)

Icelandic

öl (beer). (various references)

Irish

leann (beer), beoir (beer). (various references)

Italian

birra (beer, bitter, lager, wallop). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ジョセフソン� 子 (a stein, a tankard, amug, bit by bit, cardigan, dilemma, dilettante, dish with mutton and vegetables, Genghis Khan, gin, gin fizz, ginger, ginger ale, giraffe, jin, jingoism, jinx, jitterbug, job, job enlargement, job enrichment, job menu, job rotation, job title, jobhopper, jockey, jodhpurs, John, John Bull, John Travolta, Josephson device, riding breeches, suit, suitcase, super, super high decker, super Schottky diode, super size wide screen, super woofer, supercar, supercharger, supercomputer, superhighway, superimpose, superjet, supermarket, supermarket chain, supernova, super-size, supersonic, superstar, superstation, superstore, supertanker, superviser, supervisor, superwoman, synthesis, vest, waistcoat, Zimbabwe, Zinjanthropus, zirconium). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ジンジャーエール (ginger ale). (various references)

Lombard

birra (beer). (various references)

Manx

soo ny hoarn (John Barleycorn), lhune (beer), lhionney (of ale). (various references)

Norwegian

øl (beer). (various references)

Papiamen

serbes (beer). (various references)

Pig Latin

aleay.(various references)

Polish

piwo (beer). (various references)

Portuguese

cerveja (beer, tap). (various references)

Romanian

bere (beer, small drink, stout). (various references)

Russian 

эль (el, malt), пиво (beer, malt). (various references)

Scottish

lionn, leann, leann (beer, liquor), beòir (beer). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pivo (beer). (various references)

Spanish

cerveza (beer, malt liquor, pint, suds, tap). (various references)

Sranan

biri (beer). (various references)

Swahili

pombe (beer). (various references)

Swedish

öl (beer, beers, malt, wallop). (various references)

Tagalog

serbesa (beer). (various references)

Thai

น้ำขิง (ginger ale). (various references)

Turkish

bira (beer, hop, suds), bíra (beer). (various references)

Ukrainian

ель, пиво (beer, tiff, wallop). (various references)

Vietnamese 

quán bia (ale-house, beerhouse). (various references)

Welsh

tablen (beer), cwrw (beer). (various references)

Yucatec

seerbeesa (beer), cheba (beer). (various references)

Zulu

utshwala (beer), ubhiya (beer). (various references)

cerevisia, cervisia. (various references)

ealu. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "ale": aleatoric, aleatory, alec, alecs, alee, alef, alefs, alegar, alegars, alehouse, alehouses, alembic, alembics, alencon, alencons, aleph, alephs, alert, alerted, alerter, alertest, alerting, alertly, alertness, alertnesses, alerts, ales, aleuron, aleurone, aleurones, aleurons, alevin, alevins, alewife, alewives, alexander, alexanders, alexandrine, alexandrines, alexandrite, alexandrites, alexia, alexias, alexin, alexine, alexines, alexins. (additional references)

Words ending with "ale": amygdale, antifemale, antimale, bale, biennale, broadscale, bubale, carpale, chorale, cicale, dale, downscale, empale, exhale, farthingale, female, finale, folktale, gale, galingale, gunwale, hale, impale, inhale, intermale, intervale, kale, keelhale, locale, macroscale, male, martingale, mesoscale, microscale, montadale, morale, musicale, narwhale, nightingale, oversale, overscale, pale, pastorale, percale, petrale, pinwale, presale, quale, radiale, rale, rationale. (additional references)

Words containing "ale": acaleph, acalephae, acalephe, acalephes, acalephs, acatalectic, acatalectics, adrenalectomies, adrenalectomized, adrenalectomy, agendaless, ambivalence, ambivalences, ambivalent, ambivalently, amygdales, analecta, analects, analemma, analemmas, analemmata, analemmatic, analeptic, analeptics, annealed, annealer, annealers, appealed, appealer, appealers, arbalest, arbalests, australes, azalea, azaleas, backpedaled, baled, baleen, baleens, balefire, balefires, baleful, balefully, balefulness, balefulnesses, baler, balers, bales, bemedaled, berascaled, bidialectal. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Ale" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aae, aal, aale, Aalen, aalge, Acla, acle, aclr, Aclu, adle, ae, Aej, ael, aele, afe, afle, afli, aflu, agle, ahe, ahle, ahlen, aie, Aiee, aile, Aileu, aille, aje, ajle, akle, Akli, alac, alah, alak, alau, alax, alay, albe, albey, alce, Alcee, Alceu, ald, alde, alea, aleb, alec, aled, aleef, aleem, aleg, alei, Alejo, alek, Alem, alen, aleo, aler, alet, aleu, aley, alez, alf, alfed, alg, alge, ali, alie, alih, alil, Alim, alk, Alkem, alla, Allc, alle, allee, alleg, allek, allel, allev, allez, alli, allr, almeh, aln, alne, Alney, alo, Alpe, Alse, Alsek, alte, alu, aluh, aluo, Alve, alw, alwey, alx, alxe, aly, alye, alz, Alzet, ame, amlee, Aoe, Aoew, aole, aoli, aolu, aple, aplu, arla, arle, arlen, asla, asle, atle, atlee, Atli, atlu, aue, aule, aulf, auli, aulo, avl, ayla, Ayle, Aylen, azl, Eale, ealle, ele, iale, ileh, jale, Jaleh, jle, kle, lle, Nalle, oale, qali, uel, Ulev, uloe, ulu, zale. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: lea.

-1 letter: ae, al, el, la.

+1 letter: able, alae, alec, alee, alef, ales, alme, aloe, axel, axle, bale, blae, dale, deal, earl, egal, elan, feal, flea, gale, hale, heal, ilea, kale, lace, lade, lake, lame, lane, lase, late, lave, laze, lead, leaf, leak, leal, lean, leap, lear, leas, leva, male, meal, olea, pale, peal, plea, rale, real, sale, seal, tael, tale, teal, tela, vale, veal, vela, wale, weal, zeal.