soda water
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1.2
- noun
- /ˈsoʊdə ˈwɔːtər/
:
agua con gas
- She would go to clubs because that's what college kids do, but she would only drink soda water.
- soda water with lime
- cup of soda water
- soda water and ice
And I said, well, could I have a vodka and soda water?
- And I said, well, could I have a vodka and soda water?
- They fall into candy, soda water, frozen desserts and chewing gum.
Examples
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Do you need any tonic or soda water?
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Once a month, she would take them out and wash them in soda water.
Fiction book (1997) -
So, are you gonna drink that soda water or what?
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We'll just go in the back, have a soda water, and then go.
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Want a little soda water?
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But I'll take a soda water, anything, really.
Fiction book (1992) -
It's a can of soda water and I'm going to pop the top.
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We've run out of soda water.
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"Go ahead and play if you want to," Maura said, sipping soda water.
Fiction book (1995) -
Wyatt orders a soda water and drinks it slowly, watching everything.
Synonyms
29
1.8
A fizzy water with added minerals used to drink or mix with alcohol
18
3.7
Fizzy water with natural or added bubbles
9
1.0
Water with small bubbles that make it fizzy
1
2.3
Water that has tiny bubbles of gas and is drunk plain or used as a mixer
How Fizzy
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'soda' (a carbonated drink) + 'water' (H₂O) yields carbonated water, so a learner who knows both words can infer the MWE. This combination is cross-linguistically common and only subject to minor variation (plain vs. sweetened/flavored), which does not prevent comprehension at B1.
Etymology
Soda water may come from the old practice of adding a mineral called soda, such as baking soda, or a gas that makes bubbles to plain water to make it bubbly. That's why soda water means 'water with bubbles' used as a drink or mixer.