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beer (BIR) (noun)
An alcoholic drink consisting of a fermented beverage made from malt and hops: After work, the women from the factory got together for a beer before going home.
bier (BIR) (noun)
1. A coffin together with its stand prior to burial: The undertaker arranged the coffin and the bier for the funeral reception or wake.
2. A framework for carrying a dead body to the grave: The mourners followed the bier to the cemetery.
2. A framework for carrying a dead body to the grave: The mourners followed the bier to the cemetery.
A sad fact of life is that if a person drinks too much beer and then drives too fast, he or she may wind up being carried away on a bier to his or her grave.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group B; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
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