soda
part of speech
noun (soda, sodas)
meaning for a pupil
1) Soda is a sweet fizzy drink, like cola or lemonade (also called pop or soft drink). tree →
2) Soda water is water with bubbles and no sugar. tree →
3) Baking soda is a white powder used in baking and cleaning. tree →
sense in the lessons
a thing counted, often in bottles: regular and diet soda; in science, baking soda and vinegar make a fizzy reaction; phrases «a can of soda», «soda water», «baking soda»
examples
- A shop has 49 bottles of regular soda. tree →
- It has 40 bottles of diet soda. tree →
- How many bottles of soda in all? tree →
- He drank 2 sodas. tree →
- Too much soda is bad for your teeth. tree →
- Mix baking soda and vinegar to make a volcano. tree →
- She ordered a soda with her pizza. tree →
- A can of soda has a lot of sugar. tree →
- In some places soda is called pop. tree →
- Soda water has bubbles but no sugar. tree →
note
A thing counted; «bottles of soda» count bottles. Trap: regular and diet are kinds; «how many more» compares them. «Soda» is American; people in the UK and Australia say «fizzy drink» or «soft drink».
In the corpora
- A bath bomb holds a dry acid and baking soda that react only when water lets them meet, making carbon dioxide bubbles.
- And a clever trick with foil, baking soda and hot water can even turn the black tarnish on silver back into silver.
- Lick a lemon and it is sour; taste a tiny pinch of baking soda and it is bitter and soapy.
- Baking soda is a mild alkali, the opposite of an acid.
- Baking soda (bicarbonate of soda) is a mild alkali; it tastes bitter and soapy, not sour.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «soda» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.