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soft drink

soft drink noun: any non-alcoholic drink that is carbonated, and usually also sweet.

soft drink: any non-alcoholic drink that is carbonated, and usually also sweet
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Noun

soft drink (plural soft drinks)

  1. Any non-alcoholic drink that is carbonated, and usually also sweet.
    • If you'd like a soft drink, we have cola and lemonade.
  2. (broadly) Any non-alcoholic drink.
    • "And then they run to him with whisky, and so they teach him to rely on the bottle and you get another case of a drunken medium. I know them. You keep off it, Tom!" "Yes, one of our trade should stick to soft drinks."1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019

soft drink meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Arabic and Malay

soft drink in Hindi

sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage
सोडा soḍā, सोडाआ soḍāā

soft drink in Tamil

sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage
குளிர்பானம் kuḷirpāṉam

soft drink in Arabic

sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage
مَشْرُوب غَازِيّ mašrūb ḡāziyy

soft drink in Malay

sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage
minuman ringan
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soft drink in Indonesian
minuman ringan
soft drink in Persian
نوشابه گازدار nušâbe-ye gâzdâr
soft drink in Thai
น้ำอัดลม náam-àt-lom
soft drink in Vietnamese
nước ngọt có ga, nước ngọt, đồ uống không cồn
Dzongkha
བསིལ་འཐུང bsil 'thung, མངར་ཆུ mngar chu

Synonyms of soft drink

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Forms of soft drink

pluralsoft drinks
alternative formsoftdrink

Origin of soft drink

So called in contrast to strong alcoholic beverages, which are "hard liquors".

Questions about soft drink

What does soft drink mean?
Soft drink means any non-alcoholic drink that is carbonated, and usually also sweet.
What is soft drink in Hindi?
Soft drink in Hindi is सोडा (soḍā), सोडाआ (soḍāā). See Soft drink meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is soft drink?
Soft drink is a noun.
What is the plural of soft drink?
The plural of soft drink is soft drinks.

Words near soft drink in the dictionary

  1. soft deletions
  2. soft determinism
  3. soft determinist
  4. soft determinists
  5. soft dollars
  6. soft drink
  7. soft drinks
  8. soft drug
  9. soft drugs
  10. soft elm
  11. soft elms

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