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noun
Beer with a low alcoholic content, usually between 0.5% and 2.8%.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Something that is of relatively little importance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, figuratively, uncountable
Synonyms: peanuts, small potatoes, bagatelle, bag of shells, bric-a-brac, dicky, dicky-bird, fico, fig, flamfew, flyspeck, minuity, niff-naff, picayune, scuddick, sop, ticky-tack, toy, trick, trifle, triviality, whiffle, white chip
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see small, beer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
something of small importance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: triviality, trivia, trifle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: object, physical object
Narrower terms: bagatelle, fluff, frippery, frivolity
History
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Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
