ice Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun water frozen in the solid state
water ice.
- Americans like ice in their drinks
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noun the frozen part of a body of water
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noun diamonds
sparkler.
- look at the ice on that dame!
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noun a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes
frosting; icing.
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noun a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk)
frappe.
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noun an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
chicken feed; methamphetamine; trash; shabu; chalk; glass; crank; Methedrine; meth; methamphetamine hydrochloride; deoxyephedrine.
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noun a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine
internal-combustion engine.
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noun a rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating
ice rink; ice-skating rink.
- the crowd applauded when she skated out onto the ice
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verb decorate with frosting
frost.
- frost a cake
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verb cause to become ice or icy
- an iced summer drink
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verb put ice on or put on ice
- Ice your sprained limbs
WordNet
Ice noun
Etymology
OE.Definitions
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Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state by cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent colorless substance, crystalline, brittle, and viscoidal. Its specific gravity (0.92, that of water at 4° C. being 1.0) being less than that of water, ice floats. ✍ Water freezes at 32° F. or 0° Cent., and ice melts at the same temperature. Ice owes its cooling properties to the large amount of heat required to melt it. -
Concreted sugar. Johnson. -
Water, cream, custard, etc., sweetened, flavored, and artificially frozen. -
Any substance having the appearance of ice; as, camphor .ice
Ice transitive verb
Wordforms
Definitions
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To cover with ice; to convert into ice, or into something resembling ice. -
To cover with icing, or frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg; to frost, as cakes, tarts, etc. -
To chill or cool, as with ice; to freeze.