RICE BEER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rice beer mean? 

• RICE BEER (noun)
  The noun RICE BEER has 1 sense:

1. Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot

  Familiarity information: RICE BEER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RICE BEER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

rice beer; sake; saki

Hypernyms ("rice beer" is a kind of...):

alcohol; alcoholic beverage; alcoholic drink; inebriant; intoxicant (a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent)

Domain region:

Japan; Nihon; Nippon (a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building)

Holonyms ("rice beer" is a substance of...):

rice (annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper)