TONIC WATER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tonic water mean? 

• TONIC WATER (noun)
  The noun TONIC WATER has 1 sense:

1. lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine

  Familiarity information: TONIC WATER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TONIC WATER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

quinine water; tonic; tonic water

Hypernyms ("tonic water" is a kind of...):

soft drink (nonalcoholic beverage (usually carbonated))

Meronyms (substance of "tonic water"):

quinine (a bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark; used in malaria therapy)

Holonyms ("tonic water" is a substance of...):

gin and tonic (gin and quinine water)