ice bag
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- noun
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- Rose is holding a rubber ice bag to her jaw, which is quite swollen.
- apply an ice bag
- hold the ice bag
And as I'm walking out with an ice bag on my face, I look up at the gym and this dude is in every picture holding about.
- And as I'm walking out with an ice bag on my face, I look up at the gym and this dude is in every picture holding about.
Examples
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"This ice should reduce the swelling," Mom said as she arranged an ice bag over Shelly's ankle.
Fiction book (1998) -
I put ice bags on both my knees every day, even when you're not playing.
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I always encourage an ice bag to be applied following competition.
Blog text (27) -
She gave him an ice bag for his face.
Fiction book (1999) -
You can apply an ice bag to the area of pain and hold it for 20 minutes.
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Remember, 20 minutes on and 20 minutes off with the ice bag.
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Apply an ice bag for 20 minutes every 2-3 hours for the first 24 hours.
Synonyms
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A cold bag used on the body to reduce swelling, pain, or fever
How Cold
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a bag filled with ice used to cool or reduce swelling' is directly and compositionally derived from 'ice' (frozen water) + 'bag' (a container). This straightforward noun–noun compound follows common compounding patterns cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
The noun ice bag is a very literal name: it is a bag filled with ice that people press on a sore part of the body to make it cold and reduce swelling. That's why the term means 'to cool or reduce swelling'.