ice Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun water frozen in the solid state
    water ice.
    • Americans like ice in their drinks
  2. noun the frozen part of a body of water
  3. noun diamonds
    sparkler.
    • look at the ice on that dame!
  4. noun a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes
    frosting; icing.
  5. noun a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk)
    frappe.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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
  9. verb decorate with frosting
    frost.
    • frost a cake
  10. verb cause to become ice or icy
    • an iced summer drink
  11. verb put ice on or put on ice
    • Ice your sprained limbs

WordNet


Ice noun
Etymology
OE. is, iis, AS. is; aksin to D. ijs, G. eis, OHG. is, Icel. iss, Sw. is, Dan. iis, and perh. to E. iron.
Definitions
  1. 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.
  2. Concreted sugar. Johnson.
  3. Water, cream, custard, etc., sweetened, flavored, and artificially frozen.
  4. Any substance having the appearance of ice; as, camphor ice.
Ice transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Iced ; present participle & verbal noun Icing
Definitions
  1. To cover with ice; to convert into ice, or into something resembling ice.
  2. To cover with icing, or frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg; to frost, as cakes, tarts, etc.
  3. To chill or cool, as with ice; to freeze.

Webster 1913