"barley water" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: barley waters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: British, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Beverages Translations (a drink made by boiling pearl barley with water): χυλός (khulós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), orzata [feminine] (Italian), arpa suyu (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-barley_water-en-noun-xrDIbtU6 Disambiguation of Beverages: 94 6 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 75 25 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 79 21 Disambiguation of 'a drink made by boiling pearl barley with water': 87 13
  2. (medicine, archaic) A decoction of barley used as a nutritive and demulcent. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-barley_water-en-noun-ixRQ~TSj Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: barley-water

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