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so·da

[soh-duh]
noun
3.
sodium carbonate (def. 2).
4.
sodium, as in carbonate of soda.
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6.
a drink made with soda water, flavoring, such as fruit or other syrups, and often ice cream, milk, etc.
8.
(in faro) the card turned up in the dealing box before one begins to play.
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Origin:
1550–60; (< Italian ) < Medieval Latin < Arabic suwwādah kind of plant; compare Middle French soulde, soude

so·da·less, adjective


7. See soda pop.

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soda (ˈsəʊdə)
 
n
1.  any of a number of simple inorganic compounds of sodium, such as sodium carbonate (washing soda), sodium bicarbonate (baking soda), and sodium hydroxide (caustic soda)
2.  See soda water
3.  (US), (Canadian) a fizzy drink
4.  the top card of the pack in faro
5.  slang (Austral) a soda something easily done; a pushover
 
[C16: from Medieval Latin, from sodanum barilla, a plant that was burned to obtain a type of sodium carbonate, perhaps of Arabic origin]

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soda
1471, "alkaline substance," from It. sida (or M.L. soda) "a kind of saltwort," from which soda is obtained, probably from Arabic suwwad, the name of a variety of saltwort exported from North Africa to Sicily in the Middle Ages, related to sawad "black," the color of the plant. The meaning "carbonated
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water" is first recorded 1834, a shortening of soda water (1802). Soda fountain is from 1824; soda jerk first attested 1883. First record of soda pop is from 1873.
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soda so·da (sō'də)
n.

  1. Any of various forms of sodium carbonate.

  2. Chemically combined sodium.

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SODA definition


Symbolic Optimum DEUCE Assembly Program

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