root beer
noun
: a sweetened, usually carbonated, brown beverage flavored with extracts of roots (such as sarsaparilla or sassafras) and herbs (such as wintergreen) or with artificial flavorings
Examples of root beer in a Sentence
a bottle of root beer
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Bring the flavors of your favorite root beer float to a creamy, dreamy, ice-cold pie—and that's exactly what this root beer float pie delivers.
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Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025
Turning that Diet Coke into a root beer float would be $3.99 more.
—Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2025
Apple pie milk, chocolate cherry milk, french toast milk and the classic root beer milk.
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The company says its root beer float is made fresh with its signature root beer and rich, creamy vanilla soft serve.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2025
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Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025
Turning that Diet Coke into a root beer float would be $3.99 more.
—Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2025
Apple pie milk, chocolate cherry milk, french toast milk and the classic root beer milk.
—Mia Thurow, jsonline.com, 9 Aug. 2025
The company says its root beer float is made fresh with its signature root beer and rich, creamy vanilla soft serve.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for root beer
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“Root beer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/root%20beer. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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