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ice

UK/aɪs/ US/aɪ siː iː/ very common slang uk us
noun (8) verb (2)

noun

1.

water frozen in the solid state

  • “Americans like ice in their drinks”
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2.

the frozen part of a body of water

3.

diamonds

  • “look at the ice on that dame!”
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4.

a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes

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5.

a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk)

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6.
7.

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

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8.

a rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating

  • “the crowd applauded when she skated out onto the ice”
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verb

1.

decorate with frosting

  • “frost a cake”
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2.

put ice on or put on ice

  • “Ice your sprained limbs”

Origin

From Middle English hyse, hyys, ice, ijs, is, yce, ys, yys, from Old English īs, from Proto-West Germanic *īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą (“ice”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- (“ice, frost”).

Phrases

  • artificial ice some may also be hyponyms
  • break the ice some may also be hyponyms
  • cat ice some may also be hyponyms
  • clear ice some may also be hyponyms
  • cobblestone ice some may also be hyponyms
  • cold as ice some may also be hyponyms
  • cut ice some may also be hyponyms
  • downhill ice cross some may also be hyponyms
  • ICE Barbie
  • ice down
  • ice over
  • ice up

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