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Meaning of 'ice' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Ice [ n.]
- 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.
- Concreted sugar.
- Water, cream, custard, etc., sweetened, flavored, and artificially frozen.
- Any substance having the appearance of ice; as, camphor ice.
2 . Ice [ v. t.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'ice' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . ice [ n]
Meaning (1):
- water frozen in the solid state
Example in sentence:
  • Americans like ice in their drinks
Meaning (2):
- diamonds
Example in sentence:
  • look at the ice on that dame!
Meaning (3):
- a rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating
Example in sentence:
  • the crowd applauded when she skated out onto the ice
4 . ice [ v]
Meaning (4):
- cause to become ice or icy
Example in sentence:
  • an iced summer drink
Meaning (5):
- decorate with frosting
Example in sentence:
  • frost a cake
Meaning (6):
- put ice on or put on ice
Example in sentence:
  • Ice your sprained limbs

Nearby Words:

ice plant ice-built iceberg icebird icebound iced icefall iceland moss iceland spar icelander

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