pop, soda, soda pop, soda water, tonic
(noun) a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring; “in New England they call sodas tonics”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
soda (countable and uncountable, plural sodas)
(uncountable) Sodium bicarbonate (usually baking soda).
(uncountable) Sodium carbonate (usually washing soda).
(uncountable) Sodium in chemical combination.
(uncountable) Carbonated water (water impregnated with pressurised carbon dioxide, originally made with sodium bicarbonate).
(chiefly, US, regional, especially, in the northeast, uncountable) Any carbonated (usually sweet) soft drink.
(chiefly, US, regional, especially, in the northeast, countable) A glass, bottle or can of this drink.
(card games) The first card in the dealing box in the game of faro, which is discarded to leave 51 cards in play.
• (drink, glass of this drink): carbonated drink, fizzy drink, fizz (UK), (fizzy) pop (Northern US, Canada), soda pop (US), soft drink, coke (Southern US), lemonade (Australia), thirst-buster (colloquial)
• AOSD, ados, daos, dosa, odas
Source: Wiktionary
So"da, n. Etym: [It., soda, in OIt., ashes used in making glass, fr. L. solida, fem. of solidus solid; solida having probably been a name of glasswort. See Solid.] (Chem.) (a) Sodium oxide or hydroxide. (b) Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate. Caustic soda, sodium hydroxide.
– Cooking soda, sodium bicarbonate. [Colloq.] -- Sal soda. See Sodium carbonate, under Sodium.
– Soda alum (Min.), a mineral consisting of the hydrous sulphate of alumina and soda.
– Soda ash, crude sodium carbonate; -- so called because formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain other plants, as saltwort (Salsola). See under Sodium.
– Soda fountain, an apparatus for drawing soda water, fitted with delivery tube, faucets, etc.
– Soda lye, a lye consisting essentially of a solution of sodium hydroxide, used in soap making.
– Soda niter. See Nitratine.
– Soda salts, salts having sodium for the base; specifically, sodium sulphate or Glauber's salts.
– Soda waste, the waste material, consisting chiefly of calcium hydroxide and sulphide, which accumulates as a useless residue or side product in the ordinary Leblanc process of soda manufacture; -- called also alkali waste.
– Soda water, originally, a beverage consisting of a weak solution of sodium bicarbonate, with some acid to cause effervescence; now, in common usage, a beverage consisting of water highly charged with carbon dioxide (carbonic acid). Fruit sirups, cream, etc., are usually added to give flavor. See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic.
– Washing soda, sodium carbonate. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 December 2024
(noun) (plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun; “he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.