Beverage Beverage

Beverage - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Alcohol, Ambrosia, Blood, Booze, Bouillon, Brew, Buttermilk, Chicory, Cider, Cocktail, Cocoa, Coffee, Cola, Drink, Eggnog, Espresso, Fluid

The word drink is primarily a verb, meaning to ingest liquids, see Drinking.
As a noun, it refers to the liquid thus ingested. It is often used in a narrower sense to refer to alcoholic beverages (as both a verb and a noun).
It can also be used metaphorically, as in to drink in the scenery.

A beverage is a drink specifically prepared for human consumption. Almost always it largely consists of water. These include:

Some substances may either be called food or drink, and accordingly be eaten with a spoon or drunk, depending on solid ingredients in it and on how thick it is, and on preference:

Hot beverages and hot food can cause burns when drunk or eaten too hot and/or too fast, and when spilled. See also McDonald's coffee case.

See also:

Wikibooks
Wikibooks Cookbook has more about this subject:

food, vacuum flask, List of cocktails.

Example Usage of Beverage

primeaux_rv: RT @TourLafayetteLA: DTA! Nov.20th Nik-L Beer, 5:30pm with food and Beverage concessions that help keep DTA, Free! no ice chests or pets PLZ
LarnerC: Just been to Morribogs for emergency Beverage bags and discovered Lancashire Tea on the shelves. Wha...? How...? Who....? Whe... #sacrilege
dangerdiabolick: 10 Cool Beverage Drinking Gadgets http://bit.ly/2bo6er
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