soda fountain

noun

1
: an apparatus with delivery tube and faucets for drawing soda water
2
: the equipment and counter for the preparation and serving of sodas, sundaes, and ice cream

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Soon after, Vernor opened his own pharmacy on Woodward Avenue, and its soda fountain became the first place in the world to buy Vernors ginger ale in 1866. Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 24 July 2025 Costco has officially begun replacing Pepsi products with Coca-Cola in its food court soda fountains. Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 July 2025 What is Thrifty Ice Cream? Thrifty Ice Cream began when Thrifty Drug Store owners Harry and Robert Borun and Norman Levin started producing ice cream to sell at their chain's soda fountain, according to its website. James Powel, USA Today, 2 July 2025 Given its alleged curative effects for health issues such as indigestion, pharmacists sold soda water at soda fountains, innovative devices that created carbonated water to be sold by the glass. Valerie M. Fridland, The Conversation, 1 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for soda fountain

Word History

First Known Use

1820, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of soda fountain was in 1820

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“Soda fountain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soda%20fountain. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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soda fountain

noun
1
: a device for drawing soda water
2
: the equipment and counter for the preparation and serving of carbonated drinks, sodas, sundaes, and ice cream
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