Crossword Dictionary
pop, soda, soda pop, soda water, tonic - n
a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring; "in New England they call sodas tonics"
In many parts of the U.S., soda is a sweet, fizzy drink. There are also some places where you'd call soda "pop," a "soft drink," or "Coke" instead.
While you may think of soda as something you order to drink at a restaurant, soda is also used for unflavored carbonated water, or seltzer, and for baking soda, or sodium bicarbonate. There's also sodium carbonate, or "washing soda," which is an ingredient in powdered soap and used to make some types of glass. This kind of soda was originally used to carbonate water, which led to the use of soda to mean "carbonated drink."
soda
noun
A sweet carbonated drink.
synonyms
soda pop, fizzy drink, carbonated drink, soft drink
examples:
‘This has everything I am looking for in a soda: Grapefruit, natural ingredients, the colour pink and a mild fizz.’
‘Today, the average American consumes over 220 L of soda per year, and one teenager in seven is overweight.’
‘My diet shifted from foods high in sugar and fat, such as cheesecake, ice cream and soda, to foods rich in lean protein, such as chicken and fish.’
‘The rest of the day was spent consuming massive amounts of diet soda and rediscovering the fact that too much caffeine made her twitchy and a little off kilter.’