noun
mass nounA type of light-coloured beer similar to bitter, typically with a higher than average alcohol and hop content.
- ‘I dropped in at the Plough for a pint of IPA’
Origin
Short for India pale ale.
noun
mass nounAn internationally recognized set of phonetic symbols developed in the late 19th century, based on the principle of strict one-to-one correspondence between sounds and symbols.
- ‘the dictionary uses IPA’
Origin
Short for International Phonetic Alphabet.
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