seltzer
Americannoun
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(sometimes initial capital letter) a naturally effervescent mineral water containing common salt and small quantities of sodium, calcium, and magnesium carbonates.
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tap water that has been commercially filtered, carbonated, and bottled with no addition of minerals or mineral salts.
noun
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a natural effervescent water with a high content of minerals
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a similar synthetic water, used as a beverage
Etymology
Origin of seltzer
1735–45; < German Selterser named after Selters, a village near Wiesbaden; -er 1
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A hard-won loyalty to a particular brand of Dijon or seltzer.
From Salon
Lower-priced wines are doing particularly badly as young adults favor craft beers, seltzers, kombucha, ciders and other flavored beverages with little or no alcohol.
From Los Angeles Times
But do most adaptogenic drink consumers see these beverages as explicitly medicinal, or are they simply weighing their options and picking something less altering than a beer and more novel than a seltzer?
From Los Angeles Times
I drank seltzer at weddings and took my 83-year-old father to stressful doctors’ appointments without later unwinding with a martini.
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The symbol Nakagawa drew on the box of seltzer, though it resembled a swastika, was not accurately drawn like either of the two.
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