soft ice cream
- noun
- /sɔft aɪs krim/
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helado suave
- After dinner, we all enjoyed a soft ice cream cone from the nearby shop.
And if I got a hit, we would all get a soft ice cream cone on the way home.
- And if I got a hit, we would all get a soft ice cream cone on the way home.
Examples
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So you're going to get a nice crunchy crust, soft ice cream, and then little surprises of chocolate bar and goodies inside.
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And if I got a hit, we would all get a soft ice cream cone on the way home.
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"Do you think it will work?" Bill asked over dessert, apple crisp with soft ice cream on top.
Fiction book (2001) -
On my right, there was the ever-present soft ice cream drive-in.
Fiction book (1992) -
At some point, there will be a neat little phase transition of sorts, and it will turn into a semi-frozen mass with the consistency of soft ice cream.
Blog text (14) -
The children eagerly lined up at the fair for a soft ice cream treat on a hot summer day.
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For dessert, I chose a chocolate sundae topped with a generous swirl of soft ice cream.
Synonyms
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A cold sweet treat made from milk or cream in different flavors
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A cold sweet dessert like ice cream made with eggs and cream
How Soft
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'soft' modifies 'ice cream' to indicate a version of ice cream with a softer texture (often served from a machine). This adjective + noun pattern is transparent and cross-linguistically common (cf. 'soft-serve'), so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Soft ice cream comes from how this dessert is made and sold: the mix is whipped with air in a machine and kept a little warmer than regular ice cream, so it stays soft when it is put into a cone. That's why 'soft ice cream' means a creamy, easy-to-scoop dessert.