A machine or device that adds carbon dioxide gas to liquids to make them fizzy.
From carbonate plus -or (a person or thing that performs an action). Used since the 1800s in beverage industry terminology.
Early carbonators were dangerous contraptions that used pressurized CO2 cylinders—soda fountains had mechanical carbonators that fizzed drinks on demand, making the soda jerk's job more about operating machinery than mixing by hand.
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