root beer

noun

: a sweetened, usually carbonated, brown beverage flavored with extracts of roots (such as sarsaparilla or sassafras) and herbs (such as wintergreen) or with artificial flavorings

Examples of root beer in a Sentence

a bottle of root beer

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Creamy root beer meets explode-in-your-mouth popping candies in a perfectly not-too-sweet milk chocolate candy bar. —

Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 20 Nov. 2024 Other menu items favored by my correspondents are the split pea soup, spicy mustard, dark bread, root beer and all the breakfast dishes. —

Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 26 Aug. 2024 Both coolers had an even distribution of food, root beers, and La Croix’s, and each held a block of ice tucked into their right corner. —

Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 28 Sep. 2024 The special flavor will be root beer float Aug. 1-3, raspberry cheesecake Aug. 4-6, English toffee Aug. 7-9 and chocolate birthday cake on Aug. 10. —

Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 31 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for root beer