cidery
English
Etymology
Adjective
cidery (comparative more cidery, superlative most cidery)
- Resembling cider.
- 1980, Beverly Cleary, Beth Krush, Joe Krush, Emily's Runaway Imagination
- She picked up an apple which had a rich cidery smell and tossed it over the fence into the orchard, where it landed with a plop and smelled even more cidery […]
- 2000, Michael Arditti, Easter, page 237:
- The more he heard of fumbled passes, cidery kisses and snapped straps, the more he knew better than to risk such humiliation.
- 1980, Beverly Cleary, Beth Krush, Joe Krush, Emily's Runaway Imagination
Noun
cidery (plural cideries)
- A facility where hard cider is produced. Technically a cidery is a winery; hard apple cider is a fruit wine. Cider is fermented, not brewed; a cidery should not be confused with a brewery.