# soda

Pronunciation: say "SOH-duh" US /ˈsoʊdə/, UK /ˈsəʊdə/

## Noun

1. A carbonated soft drink, usually sweet and flavored, or a glass, bottle, or can of it. *(Philippines, US)*
   - Simple: A sweet, fizzy drink, or a glass, bottle, or can of it.
   - _The diner offered free refills of soda with every meal._
   - _Flavored sodas line an entire aisle of the grocery store._
2. Sodium bicarbonate, a white powder that acts as a mild alkali.
   - Simple: A white powder used in baking and for cleaning, also called baking soda.
   - _A little soda in the batter helps the muffins rise._
   - _An open box of baking soda in the fridge helps keep food odors from spreading._
3. Water charged with pressurized carbon dioxide to make it fizzy, originally produced using sodium bicarbonate.
   - Simple: Water with gas bubbles added and no sweet taste.
   - _The bartender finished the highball with a long pour of soda._
   - _He prefers whiskey and soda to sweeter cocktails._
4. Sodium carbonate, a strongly alkaline salt widely used in glassmaking and cleaning.
   - Simple: A strong powder used for washing clothes and making glass, often called washing soda.
   - _Washing soda is much stronger than baking soda, so wear gloves when you use it._
   - _Glassmakers melt sand with soda and lime to make ordinary window glass._
5. Sodium present in chemical combination with other elements, rather than as the free metal.
   - Simple: Sodium that is part of another chemical, not on its own.
   - _Laboratory tests showed the volcanic rock was unusually rich in soda and poor in potash._
   - _The glaze's soda content lowers the temperature at which it melts._

## Other meanings

- (noun) In the game of faro, the first card drawn from the dealing box, set aside before betting so that fifty-one cards remain in play.

## Origin

Borrowed from Italian "soda." The drink sense is an ellipsis (shortening) of "soda water."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/soda (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).