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barley water en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (UK, countable, uncountable) A soft drink made by boiling pearl barley with water, and adding flavouring and sugar.
    • Large quantities of barley water were consumed constantly, but in the old days, a special boy was kept to run out for beer. 1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 14:
  2. (archaic, countable, uncountable) A decoction of barley used as a nutritive and demulcent.

Forms

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barley-water alternative lexicographic
barley waters Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (3)

tr arpa suyu (a drink made by boiling pearl barley with water) · it orzata (a drink made by boiling pearl barley with water) · grc χυλός (a drink made by boiling pearl barley with water)