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ice cream

noun

a rich, sweet, creamy frozen food made from variously flavored cream and milk products churned or stirred to a smooth consistency during the freezing process and often containing gelatin, eggs, fruits, nuts, etc.

Etymology: orig., iced cream

ice cream Related Forms
ice·-cream′ adjective
ice cream Synonyms

ice cream

n.

mousse, gelato (Italian), glace (French), sherbet, sorbet, ice milk, frozen yogurt, tofutti, ice, sundae, parfait, frozen custard, frozen dessert, spumoni, tortoni, cassata; see also dessert.

ice cream Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • eat: I had not eaten ice cream for 3 years.
  • sell: I met my sister, Charlotte, who was working as a Volunteer for the Cinema, tearing tickets and selling ice cream.
  • flavor: A chocolate sponge was the outer layer, with toffee / butterscotch flavored ice cream in the middle!
  • like: Microsoft and delays go together like ice cream and apple pie.

Adjective modifier

  • homemade: Combined with the divine homemade ice cream Tara turned out, it was a really fun night.
  • delicious: Their creamy milk is made into delicious ice cream.
  • creamy: It's the ultimate summer indulgence the creamiest ice cream coated in a thick, crispy, cold, chocolate layer.
  • home-made: Simply mix and place the Duo Treat in the freezer and be ready to enjoy some great home-made ice cream.
  • coconut: I particularly enjoyed the monkfish, followed by pot roast of pheasant, and finished off with chocolate and coconut ice cream.
  • organic: There are tearooms in the Edgcumbe Arms on the key and delicious local organic ice cream for sale.

Modifies a noun

  • parlor: One day I went to an ice cream parlor where there was a girl I liked.
  • van: Also those ice cream oyster things you get from ice cream vans, they are great.
  • sundae: For dessert, customers looking for an alternative to an ice cream sundae can delight in peaches in amaretto sauce served with biscotti stuffing.
  • cone: The diamond docked side of the island locate the ship ice cream cone.
  • tub: Put your lunch in a reusable sandwich box or ice cream tub.
  • maker: Her family are ice cream makers from tuscany who migrated to Paisley in 1890.

Noun used with modifier

  • vanilla: This was served with Mr Carrot Cakes home made vanilla ice cream.
  • dairy: Which left us with the last picture clue and back in our minds to Dove Dale and that delicious homemade dairy ice cream.
  • impulse: Two monopoly references were made during 1998 on the supply of raw cows ' milk and the supply of impulse ice cream.
  • caramel: With some caramel ice cream too, and a sprinkling of cinnamon.
ice-cream Quotes

The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream.

—Stevens,Wallace

Myadvicetoyou isnottoinquire whyor whither, but just enjoy your ice-creamwhileit's onyour plate,öthat'smy philosophy.

—Wilder,Thornton Niven

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