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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The children within are home alone, drinking root beer and eating popcorn in the living room: ten-year-old Charles Fletcher Mattson, his teenage siblings, and a friend.
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Caroline Fraser
june 10, Literary Hub, 10 June 2025
How Now Brown Cow, a fan-favorite flavor made with chocolate frozen custard blended with root beer, Dove chocolate candies and chocolate cake pieces, will return to menus for the occasion.
—Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2025
The thin, scalloped glass has a timeless minty green that can be filled with everything from elegant cocktails to root beer floats.
—Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Apr. 2025
With flavors such as cherry soda, cream cola, root beer and many more, Poppi’s ambition is to attract soda drinkers looking for healthier alternatives without giving up on the classic taste and flavor of soda.
—Clara Ludmir, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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Caroline Fraser
june 10, Literary Hub, 10 June 2025
How Now Brown Cow, a fan-favorite flavor made with chocolate frozen custard blended with root beer, Dove chocolate candies and chocolate cake pieces, will return to menus for the occasion.
—Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2025
The thin, scalloped glass has a timeless minty green that can be filled with everything from elegant cocktails to root beer floats.
—Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Apr. 2025
With flavors such as cherry soda, cream cola, root beer and many more, Poppi’s ambition is to attract soda drinkers looking for healthier alternatives without giving up on the classic taste and flavor of soda.
—Clara Ludmir, Forbes, 17 Mar. 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 3 Jul. 2025.
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