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noun
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sodium carbonate (def. 2).
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EXPANDsodium, as in carbonate of soda.
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a drink made with soda water, flavoring, such as fruit or other syrups, and often ice cream, milk, etc.
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COLLAPSE(in faro) the card turned up in the dealing box before one begins to play.
Origin:
1550–60; (< Italian ) < Medieval Latin < Arabic suwwādah kind of plant; compare Middle French soulde, soude
1550–60; (< Italian ) < Medieval Latin < Arabic suwwādah kind of plant; compare Middle French soulde, soude
Related forms
so·da·less, adjective
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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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Word Origin & History
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
EXPANDwater" 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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Medical Dictionary
soda so·da (sō'də)
n.
Any of various forms of sodium carbonate.
Chemically combined sodium.
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