Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A natural effervescent spring water of high mineral content.
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- noun Carbonated
water .
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- noun naturally effervescent mineral water
- noun effervescent beverage artificially charged with carbon dioxide
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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For example, she says, you can tempt them to drink more water and fewer soft drinks by using fun water bottles, or buying naturally flavored seltzer water or plain seltzer water and adding a shot of cranberry juice or orange juice.
Kid-friendly diet helps fight childhood obesity at home 2010
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I make my own ginger syrup, often with honey as the base instead of sugar, and use it as you described, in seltzer water for homemade ginger ale (esp since none of the standard brands even have real ginger in them anymore).
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If you can push a button, then your custom-made seltzer is ready to serve.
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We were also an anti Kool-aid and soda household, except for "seltzer" and we could have 7up or ginger ale when we were sick.
Star Trek and Sixties Design, #19: Easier Living Fresca 2010
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Every morning, I go to my local deli in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to get an egg sandwich and some seltzer which is the new Diet Coke, at least in my world.
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You had all kinds of people drinking seltzer, which was, in fact a street food.
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Risa -- My mom swears by seltzer and lime if you don't use beer.
Carne guisada, Tex-Mex stew | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009
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Add plenty of ice, then top off the glass with club soda (or seltzer water).
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Gold Pure Food Products Co. Men chug away at a 2008 borscht-drinking contest in Coney Island, N.Y. Now the Golds say they are determined to revive the yen for borscht by latching onto appetites for healthy fare—or riding the nostalgic culinary wave for fads of the 1950s and 1960s, like cupcakes and seltzer water.
A Family Named Gold Tries to Add Cool to a Soup That's the Color Purple Lucette Lagnado 2011
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You had all kinds of people drinking seltzer, which was, in fact a street food.
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Oh, and for the record: Seltzer is generally water that’s been carbonated, soda water is water that’s been carbonated and given added minerals, and sparkling mineral water is water that’s naturally carbonated and naturally contains minerals (often sodium, calcium, and/or magnesium).
Seltzer Is and Always Has Been Good Edith Zimmerman 2018
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