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soda water

soda water

6 1.2
A clear fizzy drink made by adding gas to water, often used as a mixer
  • 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?

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Examples

  • Do you need any tonic or soda water?

    Plane (2023)

  • 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?

    About Last Night... (1986)

  • We'll just go in the back, have a soda water, and then go.

    28 Days (2000)

  • Want a little soda water?

    Double Indemnity (1944)

  • 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.

  • We've run out of soda water.

    The Paradine Case (1947)

  • "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

club soda
vssoda water
  • US
32 1.8

A fizzy water with added minerals used to drink or mix with alcohol

is the plain or flavored bubbly drink sometimes used as a mixer
seltzer
vssoda water
  • US
18 3.7

Fizzy water with natural or added bubbles

is specifically made by adding carbon dioxide to water
sparkling water
vssoda water
11 1.0

Water with small bubbles that make it fizzy

is often sweetened or flavored and used as a mixer
carbonated water
vssoda water
1 2.3

Water that has tiny bubbles of gas and is drunk plain or used as a mixer

is the drink sometimes sweetened or flavored and used as a mixer

How Fizzy

soda water
6 1.2
still water
1 1.2

Surface Forms

soda water singular
soda waters plural

Morphology

soda + water

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.