soft drink

/sɔft drɪŋk/

/sɒft drɪŋk/

Other forms: soft drinks

Definitions of soft drink

1. noun

   nonalcoholic beverage (usually carbonated)
   types:

   pop, soda, soda pop, soda water, tonic

   a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring

   birch beer

   carbonated drink containing an extract from bark of birch trees

   bitter lemon

   tart lemon-flavored carbonated drink

   cola, dope

   carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States)

   cream soda

   sweet carbonated drink flavored with vanilla

   egg cream

   made of milk and flavored syrup with soda water

   ginger ale, ginger pop

   ginger-flavored carbonated drink

   orange soda

   orange-flavored carbonated drink

   phosphate

   carbonated drink with fruit syrup and a little phosphoric acid

   root beer

   carbonated drink containing extracts of roots and herbs

   sarsaparilla

   carbonated drink flavored with an extract from sarsaparilla root or with birch oil and sassafras

   quinine water, tonic, tonic water

   lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine

   Coca Cola, Coca-Cola, Coke

   (™) a trademarked carbonated soda

   Pepsi, Pepsi Cola

   Pepsi Cola is a trademarked cola

   type of:

   beverage, drink, drinkable, potable

   any liquid suitable for drinking