soda

Universal Words noun 1 [U,C] = SODAWATER: Add some soda to the whisky, please. * a Scotch and soda 2 (also old-fashioned soda pop) (both AmE) [U,C] 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 [U] a chemical substance in common use that is a compound of SODIUM: baking / washing soda seealsoCAUSTICSODA, SODIUMBICARBONATE, SODIUMCARBONATE