Ice Definition

īs
iced, ices, icing
noun
ices
Water frozen solid.
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A surface, layer, or mass of frozen water.
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Something resembling frozen water.
Ammonia ice.
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A frozen dessert consisting of water, sugar, and a liquid flavoring, often fruit juice.
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Cake frosting; icing.
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verb
iced, ices, icing
To coat or slick with solidly frozen water.
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To cause to become ice; freeze.
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To chill by setting in or as if in ice.
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To cover or decorate (a cake, for example) with a sugar coating.
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To ensure of victory, as in a game; clinch.
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abbreviation
In case of emergency.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Webster's New World
Internal-combustion engine.
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Iceland.
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Icelandic.
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idiom
on ice
  • Assured of attainment or success:

    With the extra goal the victory was on ice.

  • In reserve or readiness.
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on thin ice
  • In a precarious position.
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Other Word Forms of Ice

Noun

Singular:
ice
Plural:
ices

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Ice

Origin of Ice

  • From Middle English is, from Old English īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą (compare West Frisian iis, Dutch ijs, Low Saxon (Low German) Ies, German Eis, Danish and Swedish is), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eiH- (compare Lithuanian ýnis (“glazed frost”), Russian иней (ínej, “hoarfrost”), Ossetian их (ix), ех (ex, “ice”), Persian یخ (yax)).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English is from Old English īs

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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