root beer
noun
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 beers
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pluralof root beer.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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A&W is known for frosty glass mugs, but our root beers came in quart-sized waxy paper containers shaped like traffic cones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The store offers more than 400 flavors of soda, from root beers and cream sodas to ginger ale and fruit sodas.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2018
There’s passion fruit ginger ale and coffee soda, plus dozens of root beers.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2016
Ashley makes a natural soda that he says is in a different class from the root beers made by Sprecher’s in Milwaukee and Blumer’s at Minhas in Monroe.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 9, 2016
I think about it when we’re stuffing our faces with hot dogs and potato salad and baked beans, and when we’re just chillin’, sippin’ on root beers.
From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist
