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cola

cola

32 1.0
A sweet fizzy drink flavored with kola nuts, often containing caffeine
  • noun
  • /ˈkoʊlə/
translation icon : refresco de cola
  • She opened a cold cola and took a refreshing sip.
  • diet cola
  • cherry cola
  • cola drinks

And this involves stealing Coca-Cola for her friends.

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Examples

Synonyms

soda
vscola
  • US
426 1.0

A sweet fizzy drink often served cold

is the specific subgroup flavored with kola extracts and often contains caffeine
Coke
vscola
221 1.8

A brand name people use to mean any cola drink

is the specific type made with kola extracts and often contains caffeine
Pepsi
vscola
77 1.0

A sweet fizzy cola drink made by PepsiCo

is the product class defined by kola extracts and typical caffeine content
soft drink
vscola
40 1.0

A drink without alcohol that has bubbles, like soda or lemonade

is the specific caffeinated, kola-flavored carbonated variety within that category
Coca-Cola
vscola
36 1.0

A sweet fizzy drink with a cola taste that The Coca-Cola Company makes

is the general category of sweet carbonated drinks defined by kola extracts
soda pop
vscola
  • US
15 1.0

A sweet fizzy drink like cola

is the narrower kind specifically flavored with kola extracts and often caffeinated
Pepsi Cola
vscola
3 1.0

A sweet fizzy drink sold by the Pepsi company

is the broader drink type defined by kola extracts and often contains caffeine

Compounds

3 1.0

A sweet fizzy drink sold by the Pepsi company

Cola acuminata
  • Specialized
9.5

A West African tree that makes brown kola nuts with caffeine used for cola drinks

cola extract
  • Specialized
3.9

A flavoring made from the kola nut used to give soft drinks their taste

cola nut
  • Specialized
6.7

A bitter brown seed from a West African tree that contains caffeine and is used to flavor drinks

How Fizzy

champagne
713 3.7
cola
32 1.0
still water
1 1.2

Surface Forms

cola singular
colas plural

Etymology

The word cola comes from the West African kola nut, a small nut once used to flavor drinks and give them caffeine. That's why a cola is a sweet, fizzy drink often made with extracts from that nut and containing caffeine.