: a sweet drink consisting of soda water, flavoring, and often ice cream
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: the faro card that shows faceup in the dealing box before play begins
Examples of soda in a Sentence
I ordered fries and a soda.
Recent Examples on the WebGroup tickets start at $240 per four-person team and include two games with a ball and shoes, two large pizzas, two pitchers of beer or soda and a ticket for an opportunity drawing with prizes.—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2024 The sometimes inscrutable, often low-scoring game of soccer was now practically on a tabletop, distilled to its most extravagant elements in front of American kids like me, high on the sugar rush of candy and soda.—Adam Elder, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for soda
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Word History
Etymology
Italian, from Arabic suwwād, any of several saltworts from the ashes of which sodium carbonate is obtained
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