Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spruce beer

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables
spruce beer
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of beer which is flavored with parts of the spruce tree.

Canadian usage; American usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

A spruce-flavored soft drink.

Canadian usage; American usage; Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

German Sprossenbier. Sprosse (“sprout, shoot”) was changed into spruce because the beer came from Prussia, or because it was made from the sprouts of the spruce.

Usage

Inflected Forms

spruce beers (plural)

Questions

What does spruce beer mean?
A kind of beer which is flavored with parts of the spruce tree.
Where does spruce beer come from?
German Sprossenbier. Sprosse (“sprout, shoot”) was changed into spruce because the beer came from Prussia, or because it was made from the sprouts of the spruce.

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