Lager


[lah-ger, law-] /ˈlɑ gər, ˈlɔ-/

noun
1.
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
verb (used with object)
2.
to age (beer) usually by storing in tanks at just-below freezing temperatures for several weeks or months.
[lah-ger] /ˈlɑ gər/
noun, verb (used with or without object), South African.
1.
.
[lah-ger] /ˈlɑ gər/ South African.
noun
1.
a camp or encampment, especially within a protective circle of wagons.
verb (used with or without object)
2.
to arrange or encamp in a laager.
/ˈlɑːɡə/
noun
1.
a light-bodied effervescent beer, fermented in a closed vessel using yeasts that sink to the bottom of the brew Compare ale
/ˈlɑːɡə/
noun
1.
a variant spelling of laager
/ˈlɑːɡə/
noun
1.
(in Africa) a camp, esp one defended by a circular formation of wagons
2.
(military) a place where armoured vehicles are parked
verb
3.
to form (wagons) into a laager
4.
(transitive) to park (armoured vehicles) in a laager
n.

1858, American English, short for lager beer (1845), from German Lagerbier “beer brewed for keeping” some months before being drunk, from Lager “storehouse” (see lair) + Bier “beer.”

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