Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense, 3rd person singular presenttense ices, present participle icing, past tense, past participle iced
1. uncountable noun
Ice is frozen water.
Glaciers are moving rivers of ice.
The ice is melting.
...a bitter lemon with ice.
Synonyms: frozen water More Synonyms of ice
2. verb
If you ice a cake, you cover it with icing.
I've iced and decorated the cake. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: frost, coat, glaze More Synonyms of ice
3. countable noun
An ice is an ice cream.
[mainly British]
He's eaten a lot of choc ices.
Synonyms: ice cream, water ice More Synonyms of ice
4. See also iced, icing
5.
See to break the ice
6. See also ice-breaker
7.
See cuts no ice
8.
See on ice
9.
See on thin ice
ice in British English
(aɪs)
noun
1.
water in the solid state, formed by freezing liquid water
▶ Related adjective: glacial
2.
a portion of ice cream
3. slang
a diamond or diamonds
4.
the field of play in ice hockey
5. slang
a concentrated and highly potent form of methamphetamine with dangerous side effects
6. break the ice
7. cut no ice
8. on ice
9. on thin ice
10. the Ice
verb
11. (often foll byup, over, etc)
to form or cause to form ice; freeze
12. (transitive)
to mix with ice or chill (a drink, etc)
13. (transitive)
to cover (a cake, etc) with icing
14. (transitive) US slang
to kill
15. mainly Canadian(in ice hockey)
a.
to shoot the puck from one end of the rink to the other
b.
to select which players will play in a game
Derived forms
iceless (ˈiceless)
adjective
icelike (ˈiceˌlike)
adjective
Word origin
Old English īs; compare Old High German īs, Old Norse īss
ICE in British English
abbreviation for
1. (in the US)
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
2.
in case of emergency: used as an entry in a person’s mobile phone and intended to be the first number contacted by emergency services if that person is involved in an accident
3. (in Britain)
Institution of Civil Engineers
Ice. in British English
abbreviation for
Iceland(ic)
Ice in American English
1.
Iceland
2.
Icelandic
ice in American English
(aɪs)
noun
1.
the glassy, brittle, crystalline form of water made solid by cold; frozen water
2.
a piece, layer, or sheet of this
3.
anything like frozen water in appearance, structure, etc.
4.
coldness in manner or attitude
5.
a.
a frozen dessert, usually made of water, fruit juice, egg white, and sugar
b. British
ice cream
6. Slang
a diamond or diamonds
7. US, Slang
a.
the illegal profit made in ticket scalping, as through extra payment by ticket brokers to theater management
b.
any money paid in bribes or graft
verb transitiveWord forms: iced or ˈicing
8.
to change into ice; freeze
9.
to cover with ice; apply ice to
10.
to cool by putting ice on, in, or around
11.
to cover (cake, etc.) with icing
12. US, Slang
to kill
13. Ice Hockey
to shoot (the puck) from defensive to offensive territory
verb intransitive
14.
to freeze
often with up or over
Idioms:
break the ice
cut no ice
on ice
on thin ice
Word origin
ME is < OE īs, akin to Ger eis (OHG īs), Dan is, ON iss < IE base *eis, *ein- > Avestan isu-, icy, OSlav inej, snow flurry
-ice in American English
(ɪs; əs)
condition, state, or quality of
justice, malice
Word origin
ME -ice, -ise, -is < OFr -ice < L -itius, masc., -itia, fem., -itium, neut.
-ice in American English
suffix
a suffix of nouns, indicating state or quality, appearing in loanwords from French
notice
Word origin
[ME -ice, -ise ‹ OF ‹ L -itius, -itia, -itium abstract n. suffix]
ice in Hospitality
(aɪs)
noun
(Hospitality (hotel): Hotel bar)
Ice is pieces of frozen water that you put in drinks to keep them cool.
I went to the refrigerator for more ice.
Could we have long drinks with lots of ice please?
Put a few pieces of ice in the drink to cool it.
ice bucket, ice cube, ice machine
More idioms containing
ice
cold as ice
something cuts no ice
skate on thin ice
put something on ice
break the ice
Examples of 'ice' in a sentence
ice
Fill the glass with crushed ice and strain the drink over the ice and serve.
The Sun (2016)
It may take ten times longer to stop on snow and ice.
The Sun (2017)
Sprinkle with the extra almonds and dust with icing sugar.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Our forebears lived and died here from the end of the last ice age to the time of Stonehenge itself.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Motorists were told to expect treacherous driving conditions today as freezing fog and ice continued to cause problems in parts of England.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The ice cover last month of 3.5m square miles was 750,000 square miles below normal.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The rooms are cosy but basic, and have sweeping views of the surrounding lake, mountains and ice fields.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Mix the peach purée and lemon juice with ice and strain into a chilled flute glass.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The ice that formed on their surface was pushed along by the force of the flow.
Barrett, Clive The Gods of Asgard (1989)
The telegraph poles were made of solid ice.
Gavin Weightman SIGNOR MARCONI'S MAGIC BOX: The invention that sparked the radio revolution (2003)
They too exude a sense of impending ice age.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The big summer drink plus ice cream equals our new favourite summer pudding.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The rest of the pictured area would have been covered by unbroken ice.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But there was no snow and no ice.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Gradually whisk in icing sugar until you reach desired consistency.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The ice fields were not far away from us.
Edward Beauclerk Maurice THE LAST OF THE GENTLEMEN ADVENTURERS: Coming of Age in the Arctic (2004)
Sun yesterday ice hockey team as a poor second option is totally wrong.
The Sun (2007)
This is followed by cake and ice cream.
Pressley, Michael & McCormick, Christine Advanced Educational Psychology For Educators, Researchers and Policymakers, (1995)
The big freeze is gradually icing over the whole economy.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Three years ago weeks of ice and snow caused big problems.
The Sun (2013)
It lacks the natural heft you get in richer ice cream.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Speedy freezing will reduce the chance of large ice crystals forming.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The ice seems solid the moment before it cracks.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The key to his insight was that the ice ages were also dry.
Oliver Morton Eating the Sun: How Plants Power the Planet (2007)
All that snow and ice is a slip hazard.
The Sun (2009)
Garnish with mint leaves and dust with icing sugar.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The ice rink was fully booked.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It is entirely covered with ice.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Top with the berries, icing sugar and lemon zest.
The Sun (2011)
It is hard to imagine a summer diet that sounds more appealing: consume ice lollies and iced drinks and watch the pounds melt away.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Word lists with
ice
Weather phenomena
In other languages
ice
British English: ice /aɪs/ NOUN
Ice is frozen water.
When you go skating, remember to bend forward as you place one foot on the ice.
American English: ice
Arabic: جَلِيدٌ
Brazilian Portuguese: gelo
Chinese: 冰
Croatian: led
Czech: led
Danish: is
Dutch: ijs
European Spanish: hielo
Finnish: jää
French: glace eau
German: Eis Frost
Greek: πάγος
Italian: ghiaccio
Japanese: 氷
Korean: 얼음
Norwegian: is
Polish: lód
European Portuguese: gelo
Romanian: gheață
Russian: лед
Latin American Spanish: hielo
Swedish: is
Thai: น้ำแข็ง
Turkish: buz
Ukrainian: крига
Vietnamese: đá tủ lạnh
British English: ice VERB
If you ice a cake, you cover it with icing.
I've iced and decorated the cake.
American English: ice
Brazilian Portuguese: glaçar
Chinese: 裹糖霜在糕饼上
European Spanish: glasear
French: glacer
German: glasieren
Italian: glassare
Japanese: ケーキを 糖衣で覆う
Korean: 당의를 입히다
European Portuguese: cobrir com gelo
Latin American Spanish: glasear
All related terms of 'ice'
de-ice
to free or be freed of ice
ice ax
an axlike mountain-climbing tool having a pick and an adz at opposite ends of the head, and a spike at the bottom of the handle
on ice
If someone puts a plan or project on ice , they delay doing it.
dry ice
solid carbon dioxide , which sublimes at –78.5°C: used as a refrigerant , and to create billows of smoke in stage shows
ice age
The Ice Age was a period of time lasting many thousands of years , during which a lot of the Earth's surface was covered with ice.
ice axe
a light axe used by mountaineers for cutting footholds in snow or ice, to provide an anchor point, or to control a slide on snow; it has a spiked tip and a head consisting of a pick and an adze
ice bag
a waterproof bag used as an ice pack
ice cap
The ice caps are the thick layers of ice and snow that cover the North and South Poles .
ice man
a man who sells or delivers ice
ice tea
Ice tea or iced tea is a drink made from tea without milk but with sugar and sometimes fruit flavourings , drunk cold .
the Ice
Antarctica
black ice
Black ice is a thin, transparent layer of ice on a road or path that is very difficult to see .
blue ice
the oldest and densest ice in a glacier , distinguished by a pale-blue color
choc-ice
A choc-ice is a small block of ice cream covered in chocolate.
clear ice
glaze ice , esp. on aircraft
drift ice
masses of ice floating in the open sea
glare ice
smooth and glassy ice that reflects the light
glaze ice
a thin clear layer of ice caused by the freezing of rain or water droplets in the air on impact with a cool surface or by refreezing after a thaw
glib ice
ice that is particularly smooth and slippery
ice beer
a beer that is chilled after brewing so that any water is turned to ice and then removed
ice block
a flavoured frozen water ice : in Australia and New Zealand , sometimes on a stick
ice blue
Ice-blue is a very pale blue colour.
ice-cold
If you describe something as ice-cold , you are emphasizing that it is very cold.
ice-cool
If you describe someone as ice-cool , you admire them because they are calm and do not show emotion in difficult situations .
ice cream
Ice cream is a very cold sweet food which is made from frozen cream or a substance like cream and has a flavour such as vanilla , chocolate , or strawberry .
ice cube
An ice cube is a small square block of ice that you put into a drink in order to make it cold.
ice dance
any of a number of dances , mostly based on ballroom dancing, performed by a couple skating on ice
ice field
a very large flat expanse of ice floating in the sea; large ice floe
ice fish
any percoid fish of the family Chaenichthyidae, of Antarctic seas, having a semitransparent scaleless body
ice floe
An ice floe is a large area of ice floating in the sea.
ice foot
a narrow belt of ice permanently attached to the coast in polar regions
ice front
the forward section or seaward edge of an ice shelf
ice house
a building for storing ice
ice lolly
An ice lolly is a piece of flavoured ice or ice cream on a stick.
ice maker
a device for making ice , often part of a refrigerator
ice milk
frozen dessert like ice cream , but with a lower butterfat content
ice pack
An ice pack is a bag full of ice which is used to cool parts of the body when they are injured or painful .
ice pick
An ice pick is a small pointed tool that you use for breaking ice.
ice piton
a type of piton designed for being driven into ice
ice plant
a low-growing plant, Mesembryanthemum (or Cryophytum ) crystallinum, of southern Africa, with fleshy leaves covered with icelike hairs and pink or white rayed flowers: family Aizoaceae
ice point
the temperature at which a mixture of ice and water are in equilibrium at a pressure of one atmosphere . It is 0° on the Celsius scale and 32° on the Fahrenheit scale
ice rink
An ice rink is a level area of ice, usually inside a building, that has been made artificially and kept frozen so that people can skate on it.
ice road
a temporary winter road built across ice or frozen ground
ice screw
a screwed tubular or solid steel rod with a ring at one end for inserting into ice as an anchor point
ice sheet
An ice sheet is a large thick area of ice, especially one that exists for a long time.
ice shelf
a thick mass of ice that is permanently attached to the land but projects into and floats on the sea
ice show
any entertainment performed by ice-skaters
ice skate
Ice-skates are boots with a thin metal bar underneath that people wear to move quickly on ice.
ice storm
a storm of freezing rain that deposits a glaze of ice on the ground
ice tongs
tongs designed for lifting pieces of ice , esp ice cubes to be added to a drink