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pink water

pink water

3.4
A sweet light pink drink often served cold
  • noun
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  • She ordered a glass of pink water at the café.

Examples

  • She filled her glass with cold pink water on a hot summer day.

  • At the picnic, everyone enjoyed the refreshing taste of pink water.

  • The children loved the sweet pink water served at the birthday party.

  • The children enjoyed pink water during the summer picnic.

  • The children loved the sweet pink water served at the birthday party.

  • At the picnic, everyone enjoyed the refreshing taste of pink water.

  • She filled her glass with cold pink water on a hot summer day.

Synonyms

pink lemonade
vspink water
1 2.2

A sweet pink drink made from lemon juice, sugar, and water

is a broader name for any light colored sweet or flavored drink

How Pink

deep-pink
1 1.8
pink water
3.4

Surface Forms

pink water singular
pink waters plural

Morphology

pink + water

The phrase 'pink water' is directly and transparently derived from 'pink' (a pale red color) modifying 'water' (a body of water), so it simply denotes water that appears pink. This adjective + noun composition is cross-linguistically common and does not require knowledge of the biological or mineral causes, so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand the meaning.

Etymology

Pink water likely comes from the simple image of plain water with a little syrup or fruit added to make it pink. So the name came to mean 'a sweet or flavored light pink drink'.