Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ale

1 sense of ale

Sense 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)
       => beer -- (a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops)