"root beer float" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: root beer floats [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=root beer float}} root beer float (plural root beer floats)
  1. A dessert consisting of root beer poured over vanilla ice cream, so that the ice cream floats. Wikipedia link: root beer float Synonyms: black cow [slang] Hypernyms: ice cream float, ice cream soda
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