soft drinks

soft drink

ˌsoft ˈdrink [soft drink]       noun
a cold drink that does not contain alcohol

compare  hard  _adj. (¹¹)

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).

juice

juice [juice juices juiced juicing] noun, verb   [dʒuːs]    [dʒuːs]

noun
1. uncountable, countable the liquid that comes from fruit or vegetables; a drink made from this
• Add the juice of two lemons.
• a carton of apple juice

• Two orange juices, please.

2. countable, usually plural, uncountable the liquid that comes out of a piece of meat when it is cooked

• Use the juices of the meat to make gravy.

3. countable, usually plural the liquid in the stomach that helps you to digest food

• digestive/gastric juices

4. uncountable (informal, especially BrE) petrol/gas

5. uncountable (NAmE, informal) electricity
see let sb stew in their own juice at  stew  _v.  
Word Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin jus ‘broth, vegetable juice’.  
Example Bank:
• Sprinkle the avocado slices with lemon juice.
• The juice from the meat is used to make the sauce.
• the grated rind and juice of two lemons

Derived: juice something up