ice meaning
EN[aɪs] [-aɪs]US
WIce
- Ice is water, frozen into a solid state. Depending on the presence of impurities such as particles of soil or bubbles of air, it can appear transparent or a more or less opaque bluish-white color.
- In the Solar System, ice occurs naturally from as close to the Sun as Mercury to as far as the Oort cloud. Beyond the Solar System, it occurs as interstellar ice.
- Ice molecules exhibit different phases (packing geometries) that depend on temperature and pressure. Virtually all the ice on Earth's surface and in its atmosphere is of a hexagonal crystalline structure denoted as ice Ih (spoken as "ice one h").
- NounPLicesSUF-ice
- (uncountable) Water in frozen (solid) form.
- (uncountable) Covering made of frozen water on a river or other water basin in cold season.
- (uncountable, physics, astronomy) Any frozen volatile chemical, such as ammonia or carbon dioxide.
- (uncountable, astronomy) Any volatile chemical, such as water, ammonia, or carbon dioxide, not necessarily in solid form.
- (countable) A frozen dessert made of fruit juice, water and sugar.
- (uncountable) Any substance having the appearance of ice.
- (uncountable, slang) One or more diamonds.
- (uncountable, slang, drugs) Crystal form of methamphetamine.
- (uncountable, ice hockey) The area where a game of ice hockey is played.
- (uncountable) Water in frozen (solid) form.
- VerbSGicesPRicingPT, PPiced
- To cool with ice, as a beverage.
- To become ice, to freeze.
- (slang): To murder.
- To cover with icing (frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg); to frost; as cakes, tarts, etc.
- (ice hockey) To put out a team for a match.
- Milton Keynes have yet to ice a team this season
- (ice hockey) To shoot the puck the length of the playing surface, causing a stoppage in play called icing.
- If the Bruins ice the puck, the faceoff will be in their own zone.
- To cool with ice, as a beverage.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- We went out for dinner and dancing and the icing on the cake was when my boyfriend proposed to me as we danced.
- The car slid on the ice and veered out of control.
- The ice cream shop teamed up with the cookie and brownie place next door to create wonderful sundaes.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Ice Cold Daydream" bastes the bayou funk of the Meters in swirling psychedelia, while "Sweet Thang," a swampy blues cowritten with his dad, sounds like something from Dr. John's "Night Tripper" phase.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- If I concur to that I will be skating on thin ice.
- A fresh aliquot of this Rubisco was subsequently dissolved in binding buffer (50 mM bicine, 15 mM MgCl 2 , 20 mM NaCl, pH 7.9) and placed on ice.
- Including a few fun details in large group introductions can be a great way to break the ice.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of ice in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary