soda
/ˈsəʊdə//ˈsoʊdə/
soda noun: sodium bicarbonate.
Noun
soda (countable and uncountable, plural sodas)
- Sodium bicarbonate.
- Synonyms:
- baking soda
- Sodium carbonate.
- Synonyms:
- washing soda
- Sodium in chemical combination.
- Carbonated water (water impregnated with pressurised carbon dioxide, originally made with sodium bicarbonate).
- A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed.
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- A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed.
- Any carbonated (usually sweet) soft drink.
- Should Americans on food assistance be able to use that money on soda? Starting in 2026, the answer in six states will be no. At least six others have proposed similar restrictions, and some states are also disallowing candy purchases.2025 July 19, Ben Blatt, “Should Food Stamps Pay for Soda?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- A glass, bottle or can of this drink.
- Synonyms:
- carbonated drink, fizzy drink, fizz, pop, soda pop, soft drink, fountain drink, coke, tonic, lemonade
- The first card in the dealing box in the game of faro, which is discarded to leave 51 cards in play.
Proper noun capitalized: Soda
Soda (plural Sodas)
- A surname from Japanese.
soda meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
soda in Hindi
- carbonated water
- सोडा पानी soḍā pānī, सोडावाटर soḍāvāṭar
- sweet, carbonated drink
- सोडा soḍā
soda in Tamil
- வளிநீர், காரவளி நீர், உவர்க்காரம்
soda in Marathi
- carbonated water
- सोडा soḍā
soda in Urdu
- soda
- سوڈا soḍā
More languagesFewer languages
- soda in Bengali
- সোডা, কার্বনেটেড পানীয়
- soda in Telugu
- సోడా sōḍā
- soda in Malayalam
- പല സോഡിയം സംയുക്തങ്ങളുടെയും പേര്, സോഡാവെള്ളം, ഏത് ലഘുപാനീയവും, സോഡിയം ഓക്സൈഡ്
- soda in Kannada
- ಸೋಡಾ, ಸೋಡಾವನ್ನು, ಸೋಡ
- soda in Punjabi
- ਸੋਡਾ
- soda in Gujarati
- સોડા, સોડાની
- soda in Odia
- ସୋଡା, ସୋଡ଼ା
- soda in Nepali
- सोडा soḍā
- soda in Tagalog
- sosa
- soda in Arabic
- صُودَا ṣōdā, كَرْبُونَات اَلصُّودْيُوم karbunāt aṣ-ṣodyum, مَشْرُوب غَازِيّ mašrūb ḡāziyy
- soda in Persian
- سود sud, سودا sodâ, نوشابه nušâbe
- soda in Thai
- โซดา soo-daa, น้ำอัดลม náam-àt-lom
- soda in Vietnamese
- nước ngọt
- soda in Myanmar
- ဆိုဒါ hcuida, ဆော်ဒါ hcauda, အချိုရည် a.hkyuirany
Examples of soda in a sentence
- Put a little baking soda in some vinegar and watch what happens.
- On a hot day, there's nothing I like more than soda pop.
- Nathan ordered an orange fizz from the soda jerk at the counter.
Synonyms of soda
- baking soda
- washing soda
- carbonated drink
- fizzy drink
- fizz
- pop
- soda pop
- soft drink
- fountain drink
- coke
4 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Forms of soda
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sodas |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Sodas |
Origin of soda
From Italian soda. Sense 4 is an ellipsis of soda water.
Borrowed from Japanese 宗田 (sōda).
Words formed from soda
- ammonia-soda process
- baking soda
- bicarbonate of soda
- bicarb soda
- bread soda
- caustic soda
- champagne soda
- club soda
- cooking soda
- creaming soda
- cream soda
- diet soda
- dirty soda
- doodh soda
- soda to hock
- hydrosulfite of soda
- hydrosulphite of soda
- hyposulfite of soda
- hyposulphite of soda
- ice cream soda
- icecream soda
- ice-cream soda
- lemon soda
- muriate of soda
- nitrate of soda
- oat soda
- pyrosoda
- sal soda
- salt of soda
- soda acid
- soda-acid
- soda alum
- soda ash
- soda biscuit
- soda bread
- soda cellulose
- Soda City
- soda counter
- soda cracker
- Soda Creek
- soda fount
- soda fountain
- soda fountain chair
- Sodagate
- soda glass
- sodaholic
- sodaic
- soda jerk
- soda jerker
- soda lake
- sodaless
- sodalicious
- sodalike
- soda-lime
- soda-lime glass
- sodalite
- soda lye
- soda machine
- sodamide
- soda niter
Phrases with soda
- Soda Bay
- soda pop
- soda pops
- soda pulp
- soda shop
- creme soda
- crème soda
- soda jerks
- soda lakes
- soda nitre
- soda paper
- soda shops
35 more phrasesFewer phrases
- soda straw
- soda waste
- soda water
- white soda
- soda breads
- soda papers
- soda siphon
- soda syphon
- soda waters
- soda glasses
- soda jerkers
- soda prairie
- soda process
- soda siphons
- Soda Springs
- soda syphons
- washing soda
- soda biscuits
- soda counters
- soda crackers
- soda machines
- soda prairies
- soda trachyte
- soda fountains
- soda processes
- soda celluloses
- sulfate of soda
- sulfite of soda
- Irish soda bread
- sulphate of soda
- sulphite of soda
- from soda to hock
- Irish soda breads
- soda fountain chairs
- yellow prussiate of soda
Words that rhyme with soda
Questions about soda
- What does soda mean?
- Soda means sodium bicarbonate.
- What is soda in Hindi?
- Soda in Hindi is सोडा पानी (soḍā pānī), सोडावाटर (soḍāvāṭar), सोडा (soḍā). See Soda meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is soda?
- Soda can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce soda?
- Soda is pronounced /ˈsəʊdə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of soda?
- The plural of soda is sodas.
Words near soda in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: soda (page history and authors); Soda (page history and authors); soda (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); سوڈا (Urdu) (page history and authors); soda (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); సోడా (Telugu) (page history and authors); soda (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); soda (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); soda (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); soda (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); soda (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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