ice

noun

Water in frozen (solid) form.

(physics, astronomy) Any frozen volatile chemical, such as ammonia or carbon dioxide.

(astronomy) 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) Something having an extreme coldness of manner.

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

(ice hockey) The area where a game of ice hockey is played.

(countable) A frozen dessert made of fruit juice, water and sugar.

(countable) (UK, dated) An ice cream.

(slang, crime) (drugs) The crystal form of amphetamine-based drugs, including methamphetamine.

(slang) One or more diamonds.

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

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

(slang, crime) Money paid as a bribe.

(countable) (obsolete) An individual piece of ice.

(US, Antarctica, often with "the") Antarctica.

A surname.

(government, US) Acronym of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“law-enforcement agency responsible for immigration and customs matters of the United States Federal government”).

(sports) Abbreviation of Iceland. [An island and country in the North Atlantic Ocean in Europe.]

(automotive) Acronym of internal combustion engine. [A piston or a rotary heat engine directly powered by the products of intermittent combustion of a fuel.]

(medicine) Initialism of ice, compress, elevation (first-aid). [Water in frozen (solid) form.]

Initialism of Institution of Civil Engineers.

(rail transport) Initialism of Intercity-Express (“German high speed train”).

(programming) Initialism of internal compiler error.

(computing) Initialism of in-circuit emulator/emulation.

(automotive) Initialism of in-car entertainment.

Initialism of International Cultural Exchange.

Initialism of intercontinental exchange.

Alternative letter-case form of ICE.

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

verb

(intransitive) To become ice; to freeze.

(transitive) To cool with ice, as an injured body part or a beverage.

(transitive) To make icy; to freeze.

(transitive) To cover with icing (frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg); to frost; as cakes, tarts, etc.

(transitive, slang) To murder.

(transitive, slang) To defeat decisively.

(transitive, ice hockey) To put out a team for a match.

(transitive, ice hockey) To shoot the puck the length of the playing surface, causing a stoppage in play called icing.

(automotive, slang) To occupy a reserved electric car parking space (especially one equipped with a charger) with a traditional car equipped with an internal combustion engine.

(slang, neologism, transitive, uncommon) To apprehend or deport by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

adjective

Initialism of isolated, confined, extreme. [Placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation.]

Synonyms for ice

frazil frostn icyadj glaciatev icefalln floen frozenadj gelidadj glacialadj refreeze snown frostbittenadj

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