"microbrewery" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: microbreweries [plural], micro-brewery [alternative]
Etymology: From micro- + brewery. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|micro-<id:very small>|brewery|text=+|tree=1}} From micro- + brewery., {{ety|en|:af|micro-<id:very small>|brewery|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós) Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-)lbor. English micro- English brewery English microbrewery From micro- + brewery. Head templates: {{en-noun}} microbrewery (plural microbreweries)
  1. A small commercial brewery, often one serving a single pub at which it is physically located; in the United States, often such a brewery that produces fewer than 15,000 barrels of beer annually. Hypernyms: brewery Related terms: brewpub, craft brewery Coordinate_terms: microwinery, microcidery, microdistillery Translations (small commercial brewery): mikrobryggeri [neuter] (Danish), microbrouwerij [feminine] (Dutch), pienpanimo (Finnish), microbrasserie [feminine] (French), Kleinbrauerei [feminine] (German), mikrosörfőzde (Hungarian), kisüzemi sörfőzde (Hungarian), microbirrificio [masculine] (Italian), alus mazdarītava [feminine] (Latvian), mikrobrowar [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), browar rzemieślniczy [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), microcervecería (Spanish), mikrobryggeri [neuter] (Swedish)

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