ice pack
15
1.8
- noun
- /aɪs pæk/
:
compresa fría
- A player hobbled out of the training room, his thigh wrapped in an ice pack.
- put ice packs
- apply ice packs
- get an ice pack
And I'm not just talking about putting ice packs on sore muscles or slightly sprained limbs and ankles and things of that sort.
- And I'm not just talking about putting ice packs on sore muscles or slightly sprained limbs and ankles and things of that sort.
Examples
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Randolph is napping on Angelo's couch with an ice pack on his sore jaw, thanks to Nora's fist.
Fiction book (2002) -
Use an ice pack for a few minutes every hour and call me in the morning.
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Whoa, get me an ice pack for my head.
Blog text (1) -
Ruby, go get an ice pack for Uncle Paul.
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I'm going to go get you an ice pack.
Fiction book (2001) -
His father is on the couch with an ice pack on his swollen jaw.
Fiction book (2002) -
After spraining his ankle, he put an ice pack on it to help reduce the swelling.
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She applied an ice pack to her forehead to relieve the fever.
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The physical therapist advised him to use an ice pack for ten minutes to ease the pain in his knee.
Synonyms
88
7.3
A cream or mask put on the skin to help it feel better
2
1.8
A waterproof bag filled with ice that you put on your body to cool it and reduce swelling
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun is directly and compositionally built from 'ice' (frozen water) + 'pack' (a bundle or mass), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer a grouped mass of ice pressed together. This compound follows common English noun + noun composition patterns and similar concepts exist cross-linguistically, making the meaning readily recoverable from its parts.
Etymology
Ice pack comes from the simple idea of a pack of ice that you wrap and press on a hurt to cool it. That's why ice pack means 'a cold bag used to reduce swelling or pain'.