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Seltzer

//ˈsɛltsɚ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German.
Noun
  1. 1
    Ellipsis of seltzer water. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable, usually

    "His youth, his good looks, his charm made the sinister savagery hinted in the smile the more disconcerting. He poured whiskey from a bottle into each of the two tall glasses, filled them up with seltzer, extended one toward Susan."

  2. 2
    effervescent beverage artificially charged with carbon dioxide wordnet
  3. 3
    naturally effervescent mineral water wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

A toponym from 1735–45 German Selterser (“of Selters”), after Selters, a village known for its carbonated mineral springs.

Etymology 2

Anglicised from German Sälzer (“salter”).

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