A soft drink is a cold drink with no alcohol in it. Order a soft drink.
It is called soft in contrast to hard liquor, which is where the name comes from. A soft drink in a pub costs a great deal for what it is, which everybody notices.
1nounsoft drinkA cold drink with no alcohol in it.
“The soft drink cost almost as much as the beer.”
soft drink is a drink.
Called soft in contrast to hard liquor, the spirits it was sold alongside.
So called in contrast to strong alcoholic beverages, which are "hard liquors".
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
Practised in Restaurant & Cafe