ice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /aɪs/
note: Canada, many US accents
ipa: [ʌɪs]
rhymes: -aɪs
Forms: form: ices
Etymology: From Middle English is, from Old English īs (“ice”), from Proto-West Germanic *īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą (“ice”) from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- (“ice, frost”).
Cognates
See also Saterland Frisian Íes, West Frisian iis, Dutch ijs, German Low German Ies, German Eis, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish is; also Lithuanian ýnis (“glazed frost”), Russian и́ней (ínej, “hoarfrost”), Ossetian их (ix), ех (ex, “ice”), Persian یخ (yax), Northern Kurdish qeş. Superseded non-native Middle English glace (“ice”), borrowed from Old French glace (“ice”).
Senses: examples: text: If thou doſt marry, Ile giue thee / This plague to thy dowry: / Be thou as chaſte as yce, as pure as ſnowe, / Thou ſhalt not ſcape calumny, to a Nunnery goe.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shake-speare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (First Quarto), London: […] [Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and Iohn Trundell, published 1603, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
text: 1882, Popular Science Monthly (volume 20), "The Freezing of a Salt Lake"
It has always been difficult to explain how ice is formed on the surface of oceans while the temperature of maximum density is lower than that of cogelation, and the observations on this lake were instituted in the hope that they might throw light upon the subject.
text: Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything.
ref: 2013 May 11, “The climate of Tibet: Pole-land”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8835, page 80:
glosses: Water in frozen (solid) form.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any frozen volatile chemical, such as ammonia or carbon dioxide.
examples: text: Above the core is the lower-density liquid mantle composed of ice materials under high pressure and temperature. This massive liquid layer would not be separated into layers of traditional ice compounds, but mixtures of radically different compounds originally consisting of water, carbon dioxide, methane, and ammonia […] Since the mass of the planet is dominated by the liquid mantle that itself consists of heated ices under pressure, both Uranus and Neptune are classified as giant ice planets.
ref: 2010 March 15, Lance K. Erickson, Space Flight: History, Technology, and Operations, Government Institutes, →ISBN, page 145:
text: Uranus and Neptune are […] usually classified separately as ice giants because they contain a much higher proportion of ice-forming substances such as water, ammonia, and methane. […] In the case of Uranus, the ice mantle must make up between 9.3 and 13.4 Earth masses worth of the total mass of the planet, which is 14.5 Earth masses. Similar proportions apply to Neptune. The commonly used term "ice mantle" is someone misleading, since the substance is actually a hot, slushy mixture that would be more aptly described as a water–ammonia ocean.
ref: 2010 December 2, Raymond T. Pierrehumbert, Principles of Planetary Climate, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 20:
text: Neptune has one major moon: Triton, which is comparable in size to the Jovian moon Europa and at an average density of 2.061 g/cm³ widely understood to be covered by several hundred km of frozen or liquid ice.
ref: 2022, Geophysical Exploration of the Solar System, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 45:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 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.
examples: text: a heart of ice
text: Her eyes flash with anger, her voice ice. "You afraid of the law? You haven't changed. I want you out of my house now."
ref: 2023 January 27, Gay Degani, “Scablands”, in The Saturday Evening Post, Indianapolis, I.N.: Saturday Evening Post Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Jan 2023:
glosses: Something having an extreme coldness of manner.
examples: text: The dialogues—or "raps"—usually take place on a monthly or bi-monthly basis and aim at fostering contacts hand at breaking through stereotypical notions held by both sides. "There's no question that there's ice to begin with," said Lance Bradley, who conducts the raps for Chelsea's Tenth Precinct.
ref: 1982 February 6, Bob Nelson, “'Rocky Relations' in New York Getting Smoother”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 28, page 3:
text: break the ice
glosses: Something, such as awkwardness, that prevents open social interaction.
examples: 2006, CBC, Finland, Sweden 'the dream final', February 26 2002,
The neighbouring countries have enjoyed many great battles on the ice. They last met for gold at the 1998 world championship, won by Sweden. Three years earlier, Finland bested Sweden for the only world title in its history.
topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: The area where a game of ice hockey is played.
examples: text: Well weddings, they were just the usual ... my big brother was married in the Masonic and the Co-operative done the party. Steak pie and tatties, and all that sort of stuff. The wee square Albert cake with ice on it, fruit cake. Then the wee dance after that. There was no drinking at oor wedding!
ref: 1990, Jean Faley, quoting John McKee, Up Oor Close: Memories of Domestic Life in Glasgow Tenements, 1910–1945, Wendlebury, Oxon: White Cockade, →ISBN, page 132:
glosses: Icing; frosting ("a sweet, often creamy and thick glaze made primarily of sugar").
glosses: A frozen dessert made of fruit juice, water and sugar.
glosses: An ice cream.
glosses: An individual piece of ice.
qualifier: crime
glosses: Elephant or rhinoceros ivory that has been poached and sold on the black market.
qualifier: crime
glosses: An artifact that has been smuggled, especially one that is either clear or shiny.
examples: text: Theater operators, theater party agents, playwrights, and others who have ready access to tickets may get in on the “ice” and sometimes the producer is in on it too.
ref: 1960, United States. Congress, Congressional Record:
text: This “ice” is bribe money paid to public officials to purchase protection for illegal activities. […] Just consider the “ice” money available to the men involved in the examples just cited.
ref: 1970, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates:
qualifier: crime
glosses: Money paid as a bribe.
examples: text: There were times when she could tell the Washingtons were overwhelmed by Jahlil's difficult ways, and one time Jessie even had the nerve to ask Carmiesha if she had smoked anything like crack or ice while she was pregnant with him.
ref: 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 122:
topics: drugs
medicine
pharmacology
sciences
qualifier: crime
glosses: The crystal form of amphetamine-based drugs.
examples: text: But you can't give cred to anything dude says / Same dude to give you ice and you owe him some head
ref: 2002, “Blueprint²”, performed by Jay-Z:
text: Ice on the wrist with the ice in the chains.
ref: 2005, “Stay Fly”, in Jordan Houston, Darnell Carlton, Paul Beauregard, Premro Smith, Marlon Goodwin, David Brown, Willie Hutchinson (lyrics), Most Known Unknown, performed by Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8 Ball, and MJG), Sony BMG:
text: [She had] eaten a dinner at better than a hundred dollars a bite and she had enough ice on her ring finger to sink the Titanic. Maybe she really didn't have any morals. But she had a chance. And she was taking it.
ref: 2014 August 18, Sarah Ballance, The Marriage Agenda, Entangled: Indulgence, →ISBN:
text: As she raised her left hand to get the crust out of her eye, she was blinded by the ice on her ring finger. Two bands filled with diamonds sat under and on top of her five-carat princess-cut engagement ring. Instantly, memories of her wedding day flooded her mind.
ref: 2014 September 1, Keisha Ervin, Reckless 2: Nobody's Girl, Urban Books, →ISBN:
glosses: One or more diamonds.
Hyponyms: anchor ice
arena ice
black ice
blue ice
brash ice
choc ice
dead ice
drift ice
dry ice
ice Ih
ice II
ice III
ice IX
ice VI
ice XII
ice XV
Italian ice
methane ice
negative ice
nitrogen ice
pack ice
pancake ice
polar ice
sea ice
slob ice
spin ice
stagnant ice
water ice
Derived terms: sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: anticer
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: anti-ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: anti-icer
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: artificial ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: break the ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: brinicle
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: cat ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: choc-ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: clear ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: cobblestone ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: cold as ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: cut ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: deice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: de-ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: deicer
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: downhill ice cross
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: fast ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: field ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: fire ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: frazil ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: fruit ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: gletcher ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ground ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: hair ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: have no fear of ice cold beer
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: home ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: hot ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: hummocky ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice age
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice-albedo feedback
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice alga
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice anchor
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice and water shield
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: iceane
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice apple
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice ax
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice axe
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice bag
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: iceball
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice ball
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice barrier
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice bath
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice bear
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice beer
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icebelt
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: iceberg
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icebird
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: iceblink
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: iceblock
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice blonde
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice blue
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: iceboard
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: iceboat
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice boat
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: iceboating
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icebound
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icebow
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice box
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icebox
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice breaker
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icebreaker
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icebreaking
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice bridge
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice bucket
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice bucket challenge
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice burn
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice-calm
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice candle
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice candy
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icecap
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice cap
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice carousel
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice castle
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice cave
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice chest
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice cider
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice circle
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: Ice City
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice climbing
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice-cold
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice cold
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icecold
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice cool
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice core
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice-covered
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icecraft
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice crawler
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice cream
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icecrete
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice cross
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icecross
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice cross downhill
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice crystal
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice cube
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice cube tray
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice cupboard
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice dam
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice-dammed
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice dam membrane
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice dance
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice dancing
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice delivery door
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice disc
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice disk
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice diving
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice door
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice dragon boat
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice dragon boating
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icedrake
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice drop
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icedrop
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice dwarf
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icefall
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice feather
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice fern
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice field
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icefish
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice fish
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice fishing
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice-float
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icefloe
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice floe
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice fog
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice foot
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icefoot
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice fountain
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice fractal
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice-free
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice giant
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice giant planet
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice girl
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice-hearted
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice hockey
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice hole
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice house
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icehouse
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice husband
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice ice water
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice IV
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice-jack
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice jam
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice kachang
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icekhana
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: Iceland
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: iceless
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icelight
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icelike
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice lol
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice lolly
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice luge
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice machine
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice maiden
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icemaker
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icemaking
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: iceman
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice-marginal
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icemelt
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice milk
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice-minus
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice minus
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice monkey
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice moon
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice needle
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice nucleus
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice-out
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice out
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice pack
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice-pail
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice palace
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice pancake
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice pellet
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice perry
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice pick
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice pillar
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice plant
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice plough
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice plow
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice point
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice pole
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice pop
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: iceproof
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icequake
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice queen
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icer
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice racing
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice resurfacer
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice-rich
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice rink
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice road
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice run
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice-safe
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice saints
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice-saw
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icescape
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice scooter
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice scour
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice scramble
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice scraper
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice sheet
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice shelf
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice shove
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice show
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice skate
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice skating
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice sky
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice sled
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice sledge
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice spar
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icestone
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icestorm
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice storm
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice stupa
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice swimmer
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice swimming
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice tea
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: iceteroid
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice time
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icetime
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice tongue
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icetray
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice tray
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice tsunami
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice-volcanic
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice volcano
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice wagon
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: iceward
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icewards
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice water
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: iceway
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: iceways
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice wedge
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice whale
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice wife
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice wine
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icewoman
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice wool
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icework
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: iceworks
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice worm
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice XVIII
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice yacht
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: ice yachting
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icicle
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: icy
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: keep one's stick on the ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: keep someone on ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: lolly ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: Minnesota ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: mop up the ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: needle ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: nonice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: off-ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: on ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: on thin ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: put someone on ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: sailing-ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: sea-ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: sea ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: sell ice to Eskimos
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: shatter the ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: shaved ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: shave ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: shelf ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: shell ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: skate on thin ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: slush ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: snice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: snowdrift ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: stink on ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: stream ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: synthetic ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: time on ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: trash ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: water-ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: water ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: whelping ice
sense: some may also be hyponyms
word: young ice