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Definition of Root beer
1. Noun. Carbonated drink containing extracts of roots and herbs.
Definition of Root beer
1. Noun. A beverage, most often a carbonated soft drink made from a combination of vanilla, cherry tree bark, licorice root, sarsaparilla root, sassafras root bark, nutmeg, anise, and molasses among other things. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Root Beer
Literary usage of Root beer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Scientific American Cyclopedia of Formulas: Partly Based Upon the 28th by Albert Allis Hopkins (1910)
"To make root beer, take of this decoction, 1 qt.; molasses, 8 oz.; water, ...
The root beer should be mixed, in warm weather, the evening before it is used, ..."
2. Good Will, Trade-marks and Unfair Trading by Edward Sidney Rogers (1914)
"opinion, was not "Hires' root beer". This defendant has two grounds of defense
... An analysis disclosed that in no case was "Hires' root beer" furnished, ..."
3. Good Will, Trade-marks and Unfair Trading by Edward Sidney Rogers (1914)
"opinion, was not "Hires' root beer". This defendant has two grounds of defense
... An analysis disclosed that in no case was "Hires' root beer" furnished, ..."
4. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1880)
"The two giants raised her in her sedan-chair, and bore her away to her home,
where she immediately set to work to brew root-beer from roots. ..."
5. The Home Cook Book: A Collection of Practical Receipts by Expert Cooks (1905)
"... Punch—Milk Punch—Mint Julep—Passover Wine—root beer—Royal Shrub—Strawberry
Punch—Summer Zephyr—Wassail Bowl—Whips BOILED COFFEE PUT into the coffee-pot ..."
6. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1905)
"You'll sec the root-beer cooler on our soda- water counter. root beer's never as
good as when drunk from a stein. ..."
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