cream soda
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- noun
- /kriːm ˈsoʊdə/
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soda de crema
- Malcolm takes a good look at the lovely woman in front of him, then takes a long sip from his ice cream soda.
- sipped cream soda
- drank cream soda
Give me a bit cream soda for it.
- Give me a bit cream soda for it.
Examples
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Give me a corned beef on rye, all fat, and a high-calorie cream soda.
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Then I went over to the drugstore and got an ice cream soda.
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There, I was having an ice cream soda after school.
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May I please have a cream soda?
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Good, I'll have a cream soda.
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I'll have a cream soda.
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I asked for cream soda not soda water!
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Maybe they could all have gone out for ice cream sodas afterwards.
Fiction book (1995) -
Have a cream soda.
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After a long day, I enjoyed a refreshing cream soda while watching the sunset.
Synonyms
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A sweet fizzy drink often served cold
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A sweet fizzy drink sold in cans or bottles
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A drink without alcohol that has bubbles, like soda or lemonade
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A sweet fizzy drink like cola
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun compound directly combines 'cream' (a dairy/creamy flavor) with 'soda' (a carbonated drink), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it is a soda with a creamy/vanilla flavor. This compositional, cross-linguistically common pattern (noun+noun flavoring of a drink) makes the meaning immediately understandable rather than idiomatic.
Etymology
Cream soda may come from old soda fountains where fizzy soda was mixed with a little cream or 'vanilla' to make a smooth, sweet drink. That's why cream soda today means a sweet, often 'vanilla'-flavored fizzy soft drink.