ice
Water in frozen (solid) form.
Noun 4 meanings
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.””
Any frozen volatile chemical, such as ammonia or carbon dioxide.
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.
Something having an extreme coldness of manner.
“a heart of ice”
Verb 4 meanings
To become ice; to freeze.
To cool with ice, as an injured body part or a beverage.
To make icy; to freeze.
“The bridge ices before the road.”
To cover with icing (frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg); to frost; as cakes, tarts, etc.
Etymology
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”).
ICE at a glance
ICE has 3 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (I 1 + C 3 + E 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,042 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with ice
All rhymesOne letter away
- ACE5
- ICY8
- ICH8
- IRE3
- IDE4
- ICK9
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