a light-bodied effervescent beer, fermented in a closed vessel using yeasts that sink to the bottom of the brew
Compare ale
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
la•ger1 /ˈlɑgɚ, ˈlɔ-/USA pronunciation
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Winea light beer aged at low temperatures from six weeks to six months: [uncountable]some cold lager.[countable]Two lagers, please.
la•ger1
(lä′gər, lô′-),USA pronunciation n.
v.t.
la•ger2 (lä′gər),USA pronunciation n., v.t., v.i. [South African.]
- WineAlso called la′ger beer′. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
v.t.
- Wineto age (beer) usually by storing in tanks at just-below freezing temperatures for several weeks or months.
- short for lager beer, half adoption, half translation of German Lagerbier. See lair1, beer 1835–45
la•ger2 (lä′gər),USA pronunciation n., v.t., v.i. [South African.]
- British Termslaager.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
- a variant spelling of laager
laa•ger
(lä′gər),USA pronunciation [South African.]
n.
v.t., v.i.
n.
- British Termsa camp or encampment, esp. within a protective circle of wagons.
v.t., v.i.
- British Termsto arrange or encamp in a laager.
- Afrikaans laer, earlier lager; cognate with German Lager camp. See lair1
- 1840–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
(in Africa) a camp, esp one defended by a circular formation of wagons a place where armoured vehicles are parked
to form (wagons) into a laager - (transitive)
to park (armoured vehicles) in a laager
'lager' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Pils
- Pilsner
- ale
- bottom yeast
- laager
- lager lout
- nonvillager
- pillage
- snakebite
- stalag