seltzer

noun

selt·​zer ˈselt-sər How to pronounce seltzer (audio)
: artificially carbonated water

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What happens if someone tries to replace Hank Hill's beer with a hard seltzer? Michileen Martin, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025 Nectar Hard Seltzer Frustrated by the lack of Asian flavors on shelves, despite the massive amount of brands dogpiling into the hard seltzer category, Korean-American Jeremy Kim and Chinese-American Geng Wang, alongside friends John Dalsey and Brando, decided to take matter into their hands. Claudia Alarcón, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025 The market will decide how quickly these beverages become as common as craft beers or seltzers. Javier Hasse, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025 On the hierarchy of healthy beverages, seltzer bubbles up to the top. Stacey Colino, Time, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for seltzer

Word History

Etymology

modification of German Selterser (Wasser) water of Selters, from Nieder Selters, Germany

First Known Use

1775, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of seltzer was in 1775

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“Seltzer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seltzer. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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