barley water (English, noun)
expansion: barley water (countable and uncountable, plural barley waters)
Senses:
glosses: A soft drink made by boiling pearl barley with water, and adding flavouring and sugar.
tags: British
countable
uncountable
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A decoction of barley used as a nutritive and demulcent.
tags: archaic
countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: barley waters
tags: plural
form: barley-water
tags: alternative