root beer float
4
2.9
- noun
- /ruːt bɪr floʊt/
- US
:
float de cerveza de raíz
- Coffee after coffee, my uncle was working off a binge, and I was having a sandwich and a root beer float.
- cream and root beer float
- root beer float drink
And then we go to A&W; and get a a Papa Burger and a Coney Dog and a root beer float.
- And then we go to A&W; and get a a Papa Burger and a Coney Dog and a root beer float.
Examples
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When I serve dessert, it's either homemade pudding (I like tapioca) or root beer floats.
Blog text (12) -
Let's get you a root beer float.
Fiction book (1999) -
I made you guys some root beer floats.
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I'll make root beer floats.
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I ordered a Maid Rite, fries, and a root beer float.
Fiction book (1992) -
If we finished quickly, we'd get ice cream cones or root beer floats and sometimes feed ducks at the park.
Fiction book (2000) -
After all of that, we had to do a boot camp on Saturday, then meet up with some of my gamer buddies for root beer floats.
Blog text (13) -
On a hot summer day, nothing beats a root beer float topped with creamy ice cream.
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After dinner, we all enjoyed delicious root beer floats while watching our favorite show.
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At the local diner, I ordered a classic root beer float with two scoops of vanilla ice cream.
Synonyms
8
3.3
A drink of soda with a scoop of ice cream
3
1.0
A cold drink with ice cream floating in sweet fizzy soda
1
2.0
A cold drink with ice cream floating in soda
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally built from 'root beer' (a type of soda) + 'float' (a soda topped with ice cream). A B1 learner who knows the noun 'float' in the soda sense and the constituents can readily infer it means a float made with root beer; the '[drink] float' pattern is productive and cross-linguistically transparent.
Etymology
Root beer float gets its name from the clear picture of a scoop of ice cream sitting on top of a glass of root beer. The ice cream actually floats on the soda, so the drink is simply called a float.