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SODA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring

Example:

in New England they call sodas tonics

Synonyms:

pop; soda; soda pop; soda water; tonic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("soda" is a kind of...):

soft drink (nonalcoholic beverage (usually carbonated))

Meronyms (substance of "soda"):

carbonated water; club soda; seltzer; soda water; sparkling water (effervescent beverage artificially charged with carbon dioxide)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper

Synonyms:

sal soda; soda; soda ash; sodium carbonate; washing soda

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("soda" is a kind of...):

salt (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))

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 Context examples: 

Such a place was the Grotto, where Brissenden and he lounged in capacious leather chairs and drank Scotch and soda.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

You see, Watson, he explained in the early hours of the morning as we sat over a glass of whisky and soda in Baker Street, it was perfectly obvious from the first that the only possible object of this rather fantastic business of the advertisement of the League, and the copying of the Encyclopædia, must be to get this not over-bright pawnbroker out of the way for a number of hours every day.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They talked about many things, and now Brissenden and now Martin took turn in ordering Scotch and soda.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He joined them and listened attentively to the description of a prize-fight Parry had seen the night before; while Brissenden, in his glory, plunged into the manufacture of a toddy and the serving of wine and whiskey-and-sodas.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"I'll go you," Martin answered, attempting to pay for the current Scotch and soda with the last change from his two dollars and seeing the waiter bullied by Brissenden into putting that change back on the table.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Well, I was whisperin' it'd be a good idea if you could dig up a gentleman friend—for her (indicating her companion), and then, we could go off an' have ice-cream soda somewhere, or coffee, or anything.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)