ice maker
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1.9
- noun
- /aɪs ˈmeɪkər/
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fabricador de hielo
- Like all other Residence Inns, there is a full kitchen (including stove top and oven in this particular hotel), dishwasher, microwave, full fridge, ice maker, etc.
- refrigerator's ice maker
- ice maker in the fridge
- bar with ice maker
This is actually quite heavy and it comes with a mini ice maker.
- This is actually quite heavy and it comes with a mini ice maker.
Examples
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Oh, my ice maker's broken.
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The plastic water line had come loose from where it goes into the back of the freezer and into the ice maker.
Blog text (4) -
I removed the ice maker, and the inlet tube was full of ice.
Blog text (4) -
The ice maker on your refrigerator will use a lot of energy to generate ice, although these are also more likely to break up effortlessly.
Blog text (34) -
Ice tumbles from the refrigerator's ice maker into the bin.
Fiction book (2001) -
A brand new Amana refrigerator-freezer with automatic ice maker!
Fiction book (2002) -
The built-in ice maker suddenly dumped a few chiming ice cubes into a tumbler.
Fiction book (1999) -
The ice tumbles from the refrigerator's ice maker into the bin, ready for drinks.
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At the party, we enjoyed cold beverages thanks to the ice maker that kept the ice flowing.
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After dinner, I filled my cooler with ice produced by the ice maker for the outdoor gathering.
Synonyms
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2.0
A device that makes and gives ice cubes
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3.0
A machine that makes ice for drinks or food storage
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a device that produces ice' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'ice' (frozen water) with 'maker' (one that makes/produces); the compound straightforwardly denotes a producer of ice. This is a common, compositional noun-formation pattern found across languages and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Ice maker The noun ice maker names a small machine in a fridge that turns water into ice cubes and drops them into a tray, and the maker part shows it 'makes' ice for your drinks instead of you doing it by hand.