Meaning of ice in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Verb
    1. Definitions
  3. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /aɪs/

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  1. Verb

    ice

    Definitions

    1. decorate with frosting

    Examples

    • « frost a cake »

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  2. 2. put ice on or put on ice

    Examples

    • « Ice your sprained limbs »

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  3. Noun

    ice

    Etymology

    early 21st century: acronym from in case of emergency

    Definitions

    1. water frozen in the solid state

    Examples

    • « Americans like ice in their drinks »
  4. 2. the frozen part of a body of water
  5. 3. diamonds

    Examples

    • « look at the ice on that dame! »

    Derived terms

  6. 4. a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes

    Derived terms

  7. 5. a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk)
  8. 6. amphetamine used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride

    Examples

    • « used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant »
  9. 7. a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace

    Examples

    • « heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine »
  10. 8. a rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating

    Examples

    • « the crowd applauded when she skated out onto the ice »

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  • « I've been experimenting more and more with LN2, liquid nitrogen. I've used it in battle on 'Iron Chef America,' but have also made some great ice creams at home for my family. Since it freezes basically on contact, you can have ice cream ready in mere minutes. »
    Cat Cora
  • « I used to jog but the ice cubes kept falling out of my glass. »
    David Lee Roth
  • « The leadership lost its nerve. Instead of taking the lead in the reform movement... they pulled the plug on it. They tried and are still trying to return the church to the dry ice of the previous century and a half. »
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  • « A year ago I had a back injury and followed a good nutrition program to help speed up my recovery. I focused on exercise and staying healthy in order to get back out on the ice. »
    Sasha Cohen
  • « My mother stopped working when she had my brother. She was a full time mom until I started getting heavily into ice skating lessons, and it got to the point where they really needed my mom to earn an income. »
    Dorothy Hamill

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