soft drink

1. A nonalcoholic, flavored, carbonated beverage, usually commercially prepared and sold in bottles or cans.

2. A serving of this beverage. In both senses also called soda pop; also called regionally cold drink, drink, pop¹, soda, soda water, tonic. See Note at tonic.

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soft drink

(Cookery) a nonalcoholic drink, usually cold

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

soft′ drink′

a beverage that is not alcoholic or intoxicating and is usu. carbonated, as root beer or ginger ale.

[1875–80]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

soft drink - nonalcoholic beverage (usually carbonated)

beverage, drinkable, potable, drink - any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"

soda pop, soda water, tonic, pop, soda - a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring; "in New England they call sodas tonics"

birch beer - carbonated drink containing an extract from bark of birch trees

bitter lemon - tart lemon-flavored carbonated drink

cola, dope - carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States)

cream soda - sweet carbonated drink flavored with vanilla

egg cream - made of milk and flavored syrup with soda water

ginger ale, ginger pop - ginger-flavored carbonated drink

orange soda - orange-flavored carbonated drink

phosphate - carbonated drink with fruit syrup and a little phosphoric acid

root beer - carbonated drink containing extracts of roots and herbs

sarsaparilla - carbonated drink flavored with an extract from sarsaparilla root or with birch oil and sassafras

quinine water, tonic, tonic water - lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine

Translations

مَشْرُوبٌ غَيرُ كُحُولِيّ

nealkoholický nápoj

læskedrik

alkoholfreies Getränk

αναψυκτικό

refrescobebida no alcohólica

virvoitusjuoma

boisson non alcoolisée

bezalkoholno piće

bibita analcolica bevanda non alcolica

ソフトドリンク

청량 음료

безалкогольный напиток

nealkoholický nápoj

brezalkoholna pijača

alkoholfri dryck

เครื่องดื่มซึ่งไม่ใช่เหล้า

meşrubat

đồ uống không có cồn

软饮料

soft drink

n → bibita analcolica

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

soft drink

→ مَشْرُوبٌ غَيرُ كُحُولِيّ nealkoholický nápoj læskedrik alkoholfreies Getränk αναψυκτικό refresco virvoitusjuoma boisson non alcoolisée bezalkoholno piće bibita analcolica ソフトドリンク 청량 음료 frisdrank leskedrikk napój bezalkoholowy refrigerante безалкогольный напиток alkoholfri dryck เครื่องดื่มซึ่งไม่ใช่เหล้า meşrubat đồ uống không có cồn 软饮料

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

soft drink

n refresco

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'Might ha' left us one saloon for soft drinks, anyway."

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