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root beer

noun

  1. a carbonated beverage flavored with syrup made from the extracted juices of roots, barks, and herbs that have been fermented with sugar and yeast.


root beer

noun

  1. an effervescent drink made from extracts of various roots and herbs
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of root beer1

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
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Example Sentences

He snapped off a branch to expose its aromatic bark, which historically has been used for soaps, teas, root beer, and medicines.

But even for those moments there is a root beer waiting in the fridge.

And then he would say to nobody, 'Bring us three root-beer Popsicles!'

His brush with topical humor: Obama invites Kanye and Taylor Swift to a root beer summit.

And if lemonade and root beer and good strong coffee could have made people drunk, there would not have been one sober man there.

The first thing we did was to bury our bottle of root-beer in a pool up to its neck and mark the place with two white stones.

Bottles of root-beer and ginger ale mingled with sarsparilla in forming a shower of cooling drinks.

So far as the young people were concerned, the root-beer went much more rapidly than the boneset.

In a few minutes he was able to go with his friends and show them where the root-beer and soda-water bottles were hidden.

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