Meaning

16 senses
  1. (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

  2. (uncountable, usually)Any frozen volatile chemical, such as ammonia or carbon dioxide.

    лёдljod, сухо́й лёдsuxój ljod

  3. (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.

  4. (figuratively, uncountable, usually)Something having an extreme coldness of manner.

    a heart of ice

  5. (figuratively, uncountable, usually)Something, such as awkwardness, that prevents open social interaction.

    break the ice

  6. (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

  7. (dialectal, uncountable, usually)Icing; frosting ("a sweet, often creamy and thick glaze made primarily of sugar").

  8. (UK, dated, uncountable, usually)Ice cream.

  9. (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)

  10. (UK, countable, dated, uncountable, usually)An ice cream.

  11. (slang, uncountable, usually)Elephant or rhinoceros ivory that has been poached and sold on the black market.

  12. (slang, uncountable, usually)An artifact that has been smuggled, especially one that is either clear or shiny.

Examples

1655 sentences
  1. I don't care for ice cream.

    Мені не подобається морозиво.

    deIch hab für Eis nichts übrig.

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  2. I fell down on the ice.

    Я впав на льоду.

    ruЯ упал на лёд.

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  3. I brought you some ice cream.

    Я приніс тобі морозива.

    ruЯ принёс тебе мороженого.

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  4. Tom ate all the ice cream.

    Том з'їв усе морозиво.

    ruТом съел всё мороженое.

    deTom hat das ganze Eis aufgegessen.

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  5. Do you want some ice cream?

    Хочеш морозива?

    ruХочешь мороженого?

    deMöchtest du ein Eis?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
water in frozen form:
frozen dessert:
Русский
By meaning 4
water in frozen form:
frozen volatile chemical:
frozen dessert:
crystal methamphetamine:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
water in frozen form:

Origin

From Middle English hyse, hyys, ice, ijs, is, yce, ys, yys, from Old English īs, from Prot

From 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: ices
Singularice
Pluralices

regular

Synonyms

20 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • 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 words

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ice — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto