American English pronunciation

How to pronounce ice

IPA transcription: ['aɪs]

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['aɪs]

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['aɪs]

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Noun

  • water frozen in the solid state

    “Americans like ice in their drinks”

  • the frozen part of a body of water

  • diamonds

    “look at the ice on that dame!”

  • a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes

  • a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk)

  • an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant

  • 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

  • a rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating

    “the crowd applauded when she skated out onto the ice”

Verb

  • decorate with frosting

    “frost a cake”

  • cause to become ice or icy

    “an iced summer drink”

  • put ice on or put on ice

    “Ice your sprained limbs”