soda maker
- noun
- /ˈsoʊdə ˈmeɪkər/
:
máquina de soda
- The soda maker allows you to add your favorite flavors to sparkling water for a refreshing beverage.
Examples
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You mind I keep the soda maker?
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We've recently become owners and fans of the soda maker that creates fresh fizzy drinks at home.
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I'll need to buy a new CO2 cartridge for my soda maker before I can enjoy my homemade sparkling drinks again.
Synonyms
A device that adds gas to water to make it fizzy
A machine that adds carbon dioxide to water or drinks to make them fizzy
How Fizzy
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'soda' (a carbonated beverage) with 'maker' (one that makes): a soda maker is simply a device or person that makes soda (adds carbonation). This is a transparent, productive noun+maker compounding pattern common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Soda maker comes from the simple picture of a small machine that makes soda, or 'fizzy' water, by adding gas to plain water. So a maker is a device that 'makes' the drink, which is why the name means a tool for making fizzy drinks at home.