ice water
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- noun
- /aɪs ˈwɔːtər/
:
agua con hielo
- On hot summer days, I love to sip refreshing ice water with lemon.
- a glass of ice water
- drink ice water
- pour ice water
Oh, I also like to drink water because ice water is superior.
- Oh, I also like to drink water because ice water is superior.
- No, on a scale of bath water to ice water, I'd say it's like a four.
- I change clothes, turn on lights and fix a glass of ice water.
- I've got to go, like drink some ice water or something, and I will see you guys next time.
Examples
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I'll have an extremely large glass of ice water.
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The waitress took one look at me and hurried over with a glass of ice water.
Fiction book (1990) -
But bring me a cold glass of ice water.
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Everybody have enough ice water?
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Um, I'll just have some ice water.
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Make a pitcher of ice water, bring a small glass.
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David was holding a big glass of ice water in one hand and slowly shaking his head.
Fiction book (1991) -
Why don't you just drink some ice water?
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I got her a glass of ice water from the jug in the refrigerator.
Fiction book (1992) -
Lula stands in the living room holding a glass of ice water while talking on the telephone to her mother.
Fiction book (1990)
Antonyms
How Icy
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'water served extremely cold, usually with ice' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'ice' (frozen water) with 'water' (drinkable H₂O); the noun-noun compounding simply denotes water containing or associated with ice. This is a productive, cross-linguistically common composition so an average B1 learner who knows both words can reliably infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Ice water comes from the simple picture of ice cubes in water that make the drink very cold. That's why it means 'water served extremely cold'.