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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Turning that Diet Coke into a root beer float would be $3.99 more.
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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
Cones, sundaes, and root beer floats will be $5 each.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025
While there’s no mention of root beer on the label, the creamy vanilla taste suggests similarities to cream soda, which A&W is also known for.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2025
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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
Cones, sundaes, and root beer floats will be $5 each.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025
While there’s no mention of root beer on the label, the creamy vanilla taste suggests similarities to cream soda, which A&W is also known for.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 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 28 Aug. 2025.
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