barley water

See also: barley-water

English

Alternative forms

• barley-water

Noun

barley water (countable and uncountable, plural barley waters)

1. (British) A soft drink made by boiling pearl barley with water, and adding flavouring and sugar
2. (medicine, archaic) A decoction of barley used as a nutritive and demulcent.

Translations

a drink made by boiling pearl barley with water

• Greek:

  Ancient: χυλός m (khulós)

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• Italian: orzata (it) f
• Turkish: arpa suyu (tr)