seltzer

noun

selt·​zer ˈselt-sər How to pronounce seltzer (audio)
: artificially carbonated water

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So in December, after a few years of planning and research, Couture debuted Local Liquid, a centralized online shop for local beverages — not just craft beer, but coffee, wine, spirits, seltzers, mixers and juices. David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 21 Jan. 2025 Today, beer, wine and alcoholic seltzers can be bought in many grocery and convenience stores throughout the state every day of the week. Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025 Instead of your nightly glass of wine with dinner, for example, try having a nonalcoholic cocktail or a seltzer a few nights per week. Alice Callahan, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025 Non-alcoholic beer or seltzer allows people to cut back on booze. Discover Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for seltzer 

Word History

Etymology

modification of German Selterser (Wasser) water of Selters, from Nieder Selters, Germany

First Known Use

1775, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of seltzer was in 1775

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“Seltzer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seltzer. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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