English noun: ale | |||
1. | ale (food) 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 | ||
Broader (hypernym) | beer | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bitter, Burton, pale ale, porter, porter's beer, stout, Weissbier, wheat beer, white beer | ||