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# cola

noun (cola, colas; a cola — a can or glass of it)

«cola» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A sweet, fizzy, brown soft drink, flavoured partly with the kola nut and usually containing caffeine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cola/#m1)
2. The cola tree, a tropical tree whose nuts were first used for the flavour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cola/#m2)
3. Cola can also be a first name for a boy or a man. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cola/#m3)

### In the lessons

In health lessons, cola is a sugary drink: one can can have about 35 grams of sugar (around 9 teaspoons), plus acid and caffeine, which can harm teeth and make it hard to sleep, so it is a treat, not an everyday drink; diet cola has sweeteners instead of sugar but is still acidic. In science, the famous cola and mint experiment makes a fizzy fountain as gas bubbles escape fast (do it outside, with an adult). Cola is carbonated, meaning carbon dioxide is dissolved in it. Phrases: "a can of cola", "diet cola", "cola bottle", "cola sweets".

### Examples

- Cola has lots of sugar and caffeine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cola/#x1)
- We dropped mints into the cola and it fizzed out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cola/#x2)
- Water is a better drink than cola. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cola/#x3)
- Two colas and a lemonade, please. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cola/#x4)
- The bubbles in cola are carbon dioxide gas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cola/#x5)
- A can of cola can have 9 teaspoons of sugar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cola/#x6)
- Leave a tooth in cola, and the acid slowly softens it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cola/#x7)
- Grandpa likes a glass of cola with ice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cola/#x8)
- When the King heard this, he told Cola-Mattheo to bring the snake to the palace, and said that he was prepared to receive the creature as his son-in-law. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cola/#x9)

### Note

"Cola" is a general word; brand names like Coca-Cola and Pepsi start with capitals. Mass or a drink: "some cola" (uncountable) or "a cola" (one serving). Myth: cola does not dissolve a tooth overnight, but its acid and sugar do harm teeth over time. In maths, 3 cans × 35 g of sugar = 105 g.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cola» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cola/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cola» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cola.html) on Mova free.