: a sweet drink consisting of soda water, flavoring, and often ice cream
3
: the faro card that shows faceup in the dealing box before play begins
Example Sentences
I ordered fries and a soda.
Recent Examples on the WebUS Magnesium, on the lake’s southern end, is the only domestic source of magnesium, which is used in a vast array of products from soda cans to car parts to pharmaceuticals. Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022 Take the laundry basket into the house, where its contents can be handled as appropriate: Start by putting trash in the garbage can and recyclables like water bottles and soda cans in the recycling bin. Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Aug. 2022 For example, the Journal’s Joseph De Avila reports: Costco Wholesale Corp. is eating the higher costs of its popular $1.50 hot dog and soda combo so customers don’t have to. James Freeman, WSJ, 14 July 2022 It is often thought of as the original Italian soda. Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022 With this technology, a mix of natural gas and hydrogen could be injected into an existing natural gas pipeline, and at the other end, H2SITE says its reactors can suck 99.97% pure hydrogen from the mix—just like the imaginary soda. Ian Mount, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2022 For dessert: baby’s first float, a generous scoop of dense vanilla ice cream served in a frosty Dad’s Root Beer stein, with a glass bottle of the soda (first manufactured in Chicago, now sourced from Indiana) to pour on top. Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 29 July 2022 Club soda is another popular choice, especially for absorbing acidic stains like red wine. Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 May 2022 Claims that Coca-Cola can destroy these roundworms also likely originate from the myth that the soda is harmful to drink and destroys your insides. Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2021 See More
Word History
Etymology
Italian, from Arabic suwwād, any of several saltworts from the ashes of which sodium carbonate is obtained