soft drinknoun [ C ]
uk/ˌsɒft ˈdrɪŋk/us/ˌsɑːft ˈdrɪŋk/A2 a cold, usually sweet, drink that does not contain alcohol
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Soft drinks
- apple juice
- bitter lemon
- bottled
- bottled water
- cider
- cream soda
- ginger
- ginger ale
- juice
- lassi
- lemonade
- mineral water
- mixer
- orangeade
- peachick
- pinta
- root beer
- sarsaparilla
- squash
- tonic
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Examples from literature
- Doctors say that drinking only one soft drink a day makes it twice as possible that a person will get diabetes.
- For example, a soft drink can have 39 grams of sugar – that’s about 13 teaspoons.
- For example, many soft drinks now use artificial sweeteners.
- For example, sometimes water is needed in the production of food items like soft drinks, soups, and juices.
- France, Hungary, and Finland are countries where there are now taxes on foods with a lot of sugar, like soft drinks.
- These soft drinks are sometimes called “lite” or “diet” drinks to show that they don’t have sugar in them.