ICE
- noun
- /aɪs/
- Specialized
- The engineer designed a new ice to improve efficiency in heavy machinery.
Examples
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In mid-February, we boarded a train in Ithaca and left the ice and snow for sunny California.
Academic text (2006) -
As Sokka and Katara scramble to safety, a huge sphere of ice emerges from the ground.
Academic text (2010) -
HEVs have a combination of an ICE and an electric motor to provide power.
Academic text (2009) -
The wind howled like twenty wolves across the thickest ice Red Lake had ever seen.
Fiction book (2001) -
PHEVs utilize an ICE and an electric motor just like other HEVs.
Academic text (2009) -
Using advanced technology, the company creates an ice that can generate power for vehicles.
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The latest model of the ice is more efficient than its predecessors, reducing emissions.
Synonyms
A machine that uses fuel to make power for cars or machines
A machine that burns fuel inside to make power to move a car or plane
A machine that burns natural gas to make power for vehicles or generators
Idioms
Stay alert and ready to move, like resting a hockey stick on the ice
Compounds
A thick layer of ice and snow that always covers large land areas like the poles or mountain tops
- Specialized
A very cold solid made from carbon dioxide used to keep things frozen and make white fog
A team sport on ice where players use sticks to hit a puck into the other team's goal
A cold sweet dessert made from milk and strawberries, often with small fruit pieces
- Specialized
A tool with a sharp point and flat blade that cuts steps in ice and helps climbers stay safe
A waterproof bag filled with ice that you put on your body to cool it and reduce swelling
- Specialized
Frozen water below the ground that forms when water in soil freezes in very cold places
Ice cream with three or more side-by-side layers of different flavors like vanilla, chocolate and strawberry
Surface Forms
Morphology
ICE = internal + combustion + engine (opaque) = I + C + E
Formed as an initialism from the phrase 'internal combustion engine'; the letters do not transparently convey meaning to learners who don't know the expansion.
Etymology
ICE is short for internal combustion engine, where combustion means 'burning' and engine is a machine that makes power by burning fuel inside it. So ICE today refers to cars and other machines that run by an engine that burns fuel rather than by electricity.