ice
- noun
- /aɪs/
- US
- She always chooses a fruity ice for dessert on hot summer days.
- flavored ice
- water ice
- vanilla ice
Examples
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For a refreshing treat, we enjoyed a bowl of ice topped with fresh strawberries.
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Now, I can't let you go without pairing some ice cream with hot sauces.
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So that makes me the ice cream king.
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You want some ice cream?
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Shall we make ice cream?
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We're going to the ice cream factory.
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After the wedding, I felt so depressed I had ice cream for dinner.
Fiction book (1990) -
- Yeah, I think maybe I'll have a couple of big scoops of ice cream, too.
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" Poor Sarah," Mary echoed, and she took the last bite of her ice cream bar.
Fiction book (1990) -
Keep your nickel and buy yourself an ice-cream cone.
Synonyms
A frozen sweet treat on a stick made from juice or water
A frozen sweet made from fruit juice or crushed fruit without milk, with a soft, slushy texture
A sweet cold food made by freezing milk or fruit
A frozen fruit-flavored dessert made without milk
A frozen sweet made from fruit juice and sugar without milk, with a soft texture
A sweet frozen treat on a small stick like a popsicle
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
How Frozen
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ice for a frozen dessert comes from the same cold idea as ice meaning 'frozen water' — people kept sweets on ice to make them very cold, and the cold treat became called an ice. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a fruity, icy snack like a simple, frozen portion of ice cream.