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cidery en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From cider + -y.

Meanings

  1. Resembling, involving, or being cider.
    • The more he heard of fumbled passes, cidery kisses and snapped straps, the more he knew better than to risk such humiliation. 2000, Michael Arditti, Easter, page 237:
    • She picked up an apple which had a rich cidery smell and tossed it over the fence into the orchard, where it landed with a plop and smelled even more cidery […] 1980, Beverly Cleary, Beth Krush, Joe Krush, Emily's Runaway Imagination:
    • Near-synonyms: ciderish, ciderlike

Forms

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most cidery Degree=Sup lexicographic
more cidery Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Synonyms

ciderlike · ciderish

cidery en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From cid(er) + -ery.

Meanings

  1. A facility where hard cider is produced.
    • Plan an outing to a local cidery or apple farm. Have fun apple-picking and taste-testing all the different varieties! 2017, Amy E. Reichert, The Simplicity of Cider, page 321:

Forms

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cideries Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

distillery · brewery · winery

Deriveds

microcidery

Relateds

cider house · cidermaking · cider press · cidermaker · scrumpy