ice

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /aɪs/

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Noun

Singular ice

Plural ices

1. (uncountable) A gas or liquid, normally water, which has been frozen (made solid)

   When water is cooled below 0°C, it freezes into ice.

   Ice is the solid state of water.

• 
  Some ice
• 
  Ice in the Arctic
• 
  Ice cubes

Verb

Plain form ice

Third-person singular ices

Past tense iced

Past participle iced

Present participle icing

1. If you ice something, you cool it by putting ice or something else very cold on it.

   I iced my knee after I hurt it in soccer.

2. If you ice a cake, you cover with icing.

   I iced this cake.

Related words

• iceberg