Any type of sweet fizzy drink
سودا، نوشابه
I never drink soda.
من هیچوقت نوشابه نمیخورم.
Oxford Essential Dictionary
soda
(also soda water ) noun (no plural)
1 water with bubbles in it that is used for mixing with other drinks:
whisky and soda
2 (American) a sweet drink with bubbles in it that is made from soda water and a fruit flavour
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
soda
so‧da /ˈsəʊdə $ ˈsoʊ-/ BrE AmE noun
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Italian; Origin: name of a plant from which soda is obtained]
1. [uncountable and countable] (also soda water) water that contains bubbles and is often added to alcoholic drinks:
a Scotch and soda
2. [uncountable and countable] (also soda pop) American English a sweet drink containing bubbles, or a can or bottle of this drink SYN pop:
a can of orange soda
a cooler full of sodas
3. [countable] American English an ↑ice-cream soda:
a strawberry soda
4. [uncountable] a substance in the form of a powder containing ↑sodium, that is used for cooking or cleaning SYN bicarbonate of soda:
baking soda
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
soda
soda [soda sodas] [ˈsəʊdə] [ˈsoʊdə] noun
1. uncountable, countable = soda water
• Add some soda to the whisky, please.
• a Scotch and soda
2. (also old-fashioned ˈsoda pop) (both NAmE) uncountable, countable a sweet fizzy drink (= a drink with bubbles) made with soda water, fruit flavour and sometimes ice cream
• Do you have any diet soda?
• He had an ice-cream soda.
3. uncountable a chemical substance in common use that is a compound of sodium
• baking/washing soda
see also caustic soda, sodium bicarbonate, sodium carbonate
See also: soda pop
Word Origin:
late Middle English (in sense 3): from medieval Latin, from Arabic suwwad ‘saltwort’ (a plant whose ashes were formally used in soap making).
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
soda / ˈsəʊ.də / / ˈsoʊ- / noun
[ C ] ( also ˈ soda ˌ pop ) US any type of sweet fizzy drink (= with bubbles) that is not alcoholic [ C or U ] ( also ˈ soda ˌ water , US also ˌ club ˈ soda ) a type of fizzy water (= with bubbles) , often mixed with alcoholic drinks
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Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary
soda
/soʊdə/
(sodas)
1.
Soda is the same as soda water.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
Soda is a sweet fizzy drink. (AM)
...a glass of diet soda.
N-MASS
•
A soda is a bottle of soda.
They had liquor for the adults and sodas for the children.
N-COUNT
Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary
soda
so·da /ˈsoʊdə/ noun, pl -das
1 a [noncount] : soda water
• Scotch and soda
b [count, noncount] chiefly US : soda pop
• orange/grape soda
• I ordered fries and a soda.
- often used before another noun
• a soda machine
• soda cans/bottles
2 [count] US : a drink made of soda water, flavoring, and often ice cream
• a chocolate soda
• an ice-cream soda
3 [noncount] : a white powdery substance that contains salt and is used in cooking and medicine - see also baking soda, washing soda