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Noun: ale  eyl
  1. 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

Sounds like: ail

Derived forms: ales

Type of: beer, brewski [N. Amer, informal]

Encyclopedia: Ale, Tom