soda

[ soh-duh ]

/ ˈsoʊ də /

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noun

sodium hydroxide.

sodium monoxide.

sodium carbonate (def. 2).

sodium, as in carbonate of soda.

soda water.

a drink made with soda water, flavoring, such as fruit or other syrups, and often ice cream, milk, etc.

soda pop.

(in faro) the card turned up in the dealing box before one begins to play.

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Origin of soda

1550–60; (<Italian ) <Medieval Latin <Arabic suwwādah kind of plant; compare Middle French soulde, soude

regional variations of soda

7. See soda pop.

OTHER WORDS FROM soda

so·da·less, adjective

Words nearby soda

Socratic, Socratic irony, Socratic method, Socred, sod, soda, soda ash, soda biscuit, soda bread, soda cracker, soda fountain

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How to use soda in a sentence

Sadler recommends mixing a paste of baking soda and water, then smearing it on in a thick layer and leaving it for 20 minutes to work on softening the deposits.
How can I get the brown crud off my oven’s glass door?|Jeanne Huber|February 1, 2021|Washington Post
Prag recommends doctoring your recipes with ingredients that add rise, like eggs or baking soda, as well as add-ins that can help lend some structure, like bananas.
A Curious Eater's Guide to Alternative Flours|Christine Byrne|December 15, 2020|Outside Online
Look for large boxes of baking soda in the laundry aisle, for even more savings.
Hints From Heloise: Skip the powder for carpets|Heloise Heloise|December 10, 2020|Washington Post
Coca-Cola and Pepsi, finding themselves behind the ball, scrambled to come up with their own diet soda offerings.
The Rise And Fall Of Tab – After Surviving The Sweetener Scares, The Iconic Diet Soda Gets Canned|LGBTQ-Editor|November 29, 2020|No Straight News

We’re trying to encourage people to have something close at hand to smother the fire, like a lid, or baking soda.
More burn injuries are occurring in kitchens during pandemic. Thanksgiving may see a rise in these accidents.|Katherine Ellison|November 22, 2020|Washington Post
He would shake a chilled Coke, and then spray the soda into a cold glass of milk.
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Place the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt on parchment or wax paper.
Make ‘The Chew’s’ Carla Hall’s Sticky Toffee Pudding|Carla Hall|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He speaks while sipping a soda in the restaurant of the Residence Victoria in downtown Kisangani.
The Congo's Forgotten Colonial Getaway|Nina Strochlic|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Meanwhile, sift the flour, baking soda, and salt into a medium bowl.
Make These Barefoot Contessa Salty Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Cookies|Ina Garten|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Derika Moses hefted a case of 2-liter soda bottles while setting up a grocery store display in 2007.
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Amorphous urates are readily soluble in caustic soda solutions.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Crystals of calcium oxalate are insoluble in acetic acid or caustic soda.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
He walked over to the table and mixed two tumblers of whiskey-and-soda, wondering why he had not thought of it before.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
He paused, then mixed and drank another whiskey-and-soda, lit a cigarette, and resumed.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
Is spring water fit for washing the iodized paper; if it contains either sulphate or bicarbonate of lime or muriate of soda?
Notes and Queries, Number 177, March 19, 1853|Various

British Dictionary definitions for soda

soda

/ (ˈsəʊdə) /

noun

any of a number of simple inorganic compounds of sodium, such as sodium carbonate (washing soda), sodium bicarbonate (baking soda), and sodium hydroxide (caustic soda)

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US and Canadian a fizzy drink

the top card of the pack in faro

a soda Australian slang something easily done; a pushover

Word Origin for soda

C16: from Medieval Latin, from sodanum barilla, a plant that was burned to obtain a type of sodium carbonate, perhaps of Arabic origin

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