Usually means: Traditional beer fermented from malt.
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We found 46 dictionaries that define the word ale:

General (29 matching dictionaries)
  1. ale: Merriam-Webster
  2. ale: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ale: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ale: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ale: Vocabulary.com
  6. Ale, Ale, ale: Wordnik
  7. ale: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. ale: Wiktionary
  9. ale: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. ale: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. ale: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. ALE, a.l.e: Dictionary.com
  13. ale: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. ale: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. ALE (company), ALE, Ale (Alexia album), Ale (album), Ale (disambiguation), Ale: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Ale: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. ale: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. ale: Rhymezone
  19. Ale (nt), ale, ale (de): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. ale: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. ALE, ale: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. ale: FreeDictionary.org
  23. ale: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. ale: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. ale: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  26. ale: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  27. ale: Merriam-Webster

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Epicurus.com Beer Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Epicurus.com Spirits Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  2. ale: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. -ale, ale: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Ale: Bar-Nones Dictionary of Drinking
  2. Sound-Alike Words (No longer online)
  3. ALE: Acronym Finder
  4. ALE: Three Letter Words with definitions
  5. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  6. SPIRITS Terminology (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ale: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. ale: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)
  2. Beer & Brewing Terminology (No longer online)
  3. Ale: Brew Monkey Glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
ale
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  (dated) A beer made without hops.
▸ noun:  A beer produced by so-called warm fermentation and not pressurized.
▸ noun:  A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.
▸ noun:  A surname.

Similar:
unleaded, beerlessness, boozelessness, barware, still water, hydro hotel, winelessness, cold without, achromat, black tea, more...

Opposite:
lager

Types:
pale ale, brown ale, stout, porter, IPA, amber ale, red ale, blonde ale, wheat ale, more...

Phrases:
ginger ale, pale ale, brown ale, ale house, real ale, more...

Adjectives:
good, strong, pale, brown, ginger, old, more, english, brewed, bitter, warm

Colors:
    amber,     gold,     copper,     brown,     chestnut, more...

↻From "The Worst Pies in London" from "Sweeney Todd":

But there's no one comes in even to inhale!
Right you are, sir, would you like a drop of ale?
12 of 98 verses

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Similar:
unleaded, beerlessness, boozelessness, barware, still water, hydro hotel, winelessness, cold without, achromat, black tea, more...

Opposite:
lager

Types:
pale ale, brown ale, stout, porter, IPA, amber ale, red ale, blonde ale, wheat ale, more...

Phrases:
ginger ale, pale ale, brown ale, ale house, real ale, old ale, ale houses, light ale, mild ale, scotch ale, red ale, cream ale, heather ale, pot ale, audit ale, stout ale, whitsun ale, bottle ale, ale bench, more...

Adjectives:
good, strong, pale, brown, ginger, old, more, english, brewed, bitter, warm

Colors:
    amber,     gold,     copper,     brown,     chestnut, more...



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