Meaning
16 senses(uncountable, usually)Water in frozen (solid) form.
He said, “Where we’re at right now was back in 2008 all covered with ice. From here to there at the side, the glacier shrank about 20 to 30 meters.”
Eis
лёдljod
лідlid, кри́гаkrýha
water frozen in the solid state
(uncountable, usually)Any frozen volatile chemical, such as ammonia or carbon dioxide.
лёдljod, сухо́й лёдsuxój ljod
(uncountable, usually)Any volatile chemical, such as water, ammonia, or carbon dioxide, not necessarily in solid form, when discussing the composition of e.g. a planet as an ice giant vs a gas giant.
(figuratively, uncountable, usually)Something having an extreme coldness of manner.
a heart of ice
(figuratively, uncountable, usually)Something, such as awkwardness, that prevents open social interaction.
break the ice
(uncountable, usually)The area where a game of ice hockey is played.
Eis
лёдljod
a rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating
(dialectal, uncountable, usually)Icing; frosting ("a sweet, often creamy and thick glaze made primarily of sugar").
(UK, dated, uncountable, usually)Ice cream.
(countable, uncountable, usually)A frozen dessert made of fruit juice, water and sugar.
Eis
моро́женоеmoróženoje
моро́зивоmorózyvo, моро́женеmoróžene
a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk)
(UK, countable, dated, uncountable, usually)An ice cream.
(slang, uncountable, usually)Elephant or rhinoceros ivory that has been poached and sold on the black market.
(slang, uncountable, usually)An artifact that has been smuggled, especially one that is either clear or shiny.
Examples
1655 sentencesI don't care for ice cream.
Мені не подобається морозиво.
deIch hab für Eis nichts übrig.
I fell down on the ice.
Я впав на льоду.
ruЯ упал на лёд.
I brought you some ice cream.
Я приніс тобі морозива.
ruЯ принёс тебе мороженого.
Tom ate all the ice cream.
Том з'їв усе морозиво.
ruТом съел всё мороженое.
deTom hat das ganze Eis aufgegessen.
Do you want some ice cream?
Хочеш морозива?
ruХочешь мороженого?
deMöchtest du ein Eis?
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English hyse, hyys, ice, ijs, is, yce, ys, yys, from Old English īs, from ProtFrom Middle English hyse, hyys, ice, ijs, is, yce, ys, yys, from Old English īs, from Proto-West Germanic *īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą (“ice”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- (“ice, frost”).
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Forms
plural: icesSynonyms
20 synonyms- a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk):frappe
- diamonds:sparkler
- water frozen in the solid state:water ice
- a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine:internal-combustion engine
- a rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating:ice rinkice-skating rink
- a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes:frostingicing
Word family
225 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- ice cream
- chocolate ice cream
- some ice cream
- the ice cream
- eat ice cream
- of ice cream
- ice skating
- some ice
- much ice cream
- chocolate ice
- vanilla ice cream
- ice cream for