hard cider

hard cider (countable and uncountable, plural hard ciders)

2. (US) An alcoholic beverage formed by fermenting cider (apple juice).

   Synonyms: cider (hard apple cider sense), apple cider (hard apple cider sense)

   Hypernyms: cider (hard sense), hard drink, drink (alcoholic sense) < drink (broad sense), beverage

   Coordinate terms: (nonalcoholic) sweet cider; (alcoholic) beer, wine; hard liquor, spirits

4. This or any similar alcoholic drink made from similar fruit, such as pears.

   Hypernyms: hard drink, drink (alcoholic sense) < drink (broad sense), beverage

   Hyponyms: cider (hard apple cider sense), apple cider (hard apple cider sense), hard cider (hard apple cider sense), pear cider (hard sense)

   Coordinate terms: (nonalcoholic) sweet cider; (alcoholic) beer, wine; hard liquor, spirits

• Unless specified as hard cider, in US usage, cider is generally assumed to refer to non-alcoholic sweet cider.