ale

Definition of Ale in English :

1. ale

a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ale

noun

1.

a beer fermented in an open vessel using yeasts that rise to the top of the brew

Compare beer, lager1

2.

(formerly) an alcoholic drink made by fermenting a cereal, esp barley, but differing from beer by being unflavoured by hops

3. mainly British another word for beer

noun

a fermented drink made from malt, hops, and yeast, like beer, but by rapid fermentation at a relatively high temperature

n.

1. A usually full-bodied beer that has been fermented at a relatively warm temperature.

2. A serving of this beer.