Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A nonalcoholic, flavored, carbonated beverage, usually commercially prepared and sold in bottles or cans.
- noun A serving of this beverage.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any
carbonated , usuallysweet , non-alcoholic drink. (In this sense,juice ,milk ,tea andcoffee are not soft drinks.) - noun Any non-
alcoholic drink.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun nonalcoholic beverage (usually carbonated)
Etymologies
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So called in contrast to alcoholic beverages, which are "hard drinks".
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