cream soda

noun

1. a soft drink made with vanilla-flavored carbonated water colored brown with caramel.

cream soda

noun

1. a carbonated soft drink flavoured with vanilla

Word History and Origins

Origin of cream soda¹

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

Example Sentences

“Prohibition made the chocolate ice cream soda the national drink,” declared a Wichita, Kansas, ice cream manufacturer in 1922.

From National Geographic

I followed up a solid base of meatballs with a couple of packaged cupcakes and washed them down with a can of cream soda.

From Literature

“Looks like Coke. Tastes like Diet Coke. That’s dangerous. Easy drinking. It has a cream soda aftertaste and very minor weed flavor,” said another.

From Los Angeles Times

Long before there were even bottled colas — let alone TikTok stars — soda fountains serving the first carbonated beverages offered both fruit and cream sodas.

From Washington Post

“The No. 19 on rye. Some of their homemade cream soda. Delicious pickles. A whitefish platter.”

From Los Angeles Times