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ICE-CREAM SODA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ice-cream soda mean?
• ICE-CREAM SODA (noun)
The noun ICE-CREAM SODA has 1 sense:
1. a drink with ice cream floating in it
Familiarity information: ICE-CREAM SODA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A drink with ice cream floating in it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
float; ice-cream float; ice-cream soda
Hypernyms ("ice-cream soda" is a kind of...):
drink (a single serving of a beverage)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ice-cream soda"):
root beer float (an ice-cream soda made with ice cream floating in root beer)
Context examples
Well, I was whisperin' it'd be a good idea if you could dig up a gentleman friend—for her (indicating her companion), and then, we could go off an' have ice-cream soda somewhere, or coffee, or anything.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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