soda
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soda/ˈsəʊdə/
▶noun
- 1 (also soda water) carbonated water (originally made with sodium bicarbonate).
■ chiefly N. Amer. a sweet carbonated drink.
- 2 sodium carbonate.
■ sodium in chemical combination: nitrate of soda.
– origin ME: from med. L., from Arab. suwwad ‘saltwort’.
'soda' also found in these Oxford entries:
alkali
- baking soda
- bicarbonate
- caustic soda
- club soda
- cooler
- cracker-barrel
- cream soda
- egg cream
- glass
- highball
- Pimm's
- seltzer
- soda ash
- soda bread
- soda fountain
- soda jerk
- soda lime
- sodalite
- soda pop
- soda siphon
- sodium
- spritzer
- sugar soap
- Tom Collins
- washing soda
