dry ice

English

Etymology

A genericised trademark of the DryIce Corporation of America.

Pronunciation

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Noun

dry ice (uncountable)

1. Carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state, used especially as a cooling agent and for the production of fog-like special effects. It sublimes at −78.5 °C (−109.3 °F) at normal atmospheric pressure.
   • 2018 August 1, Michael Nedelman, “Ice cream salesman’s wife and mother suffocated by dry ice in car”, in CNN‎:

     Two women were found unresponsive in a car along with the likely culprit – four coolers of dry ice – Friday morning in Pierce County, Washington, CNN affiliate KOMO reports.

Synonyms

• cardice

Translations

carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state

Basque: izotz lehor, elur karboniko Catalan: gel sec, neu carbònica Chinese: Mandarin: 乾冰 / 干冰 (zh) (gānbīng) Czech: suchý led (cs) m Dutch: droogijs (nl) Estonian: kuiv jää, süsihappelumi Finnish: hiilihappojää, kuivajää (fi) French: glace sèche (fr) f, glace carbonique (fr) f Galician: xeo seco (gl) m Georgian: მშრალი ყინული (mšrali q̇inuli) German: Trockeneis (de) n Greek: ξηρός πάγος (xirós págos) Gujarati: શુષ્ક બરફ (śuṣk baraph) Hebrew: קֶרַח יָבֵשׁ (he) m (kérach yavésh) Hindi: सूखी बर्फ (sūkhī barph) Hungarian: szárazjég (hu) Icelandic: þurrís m, kolsýruís m, kolsýrusnjór m Indonesian: es biang Italian: ghiaccio secco m Japanese: ドライアイス (ja) (dorai-aisu) Korean: 드라이아이스 (ko) (deurai-aiseu) Latvian: sausais ledus Malay: ais kering (ms), Maori: hauhā totoka Moksha: коське эй (kośke ej) Polish: suchy lód (pl) m Portuguese: gelo seco m Russian: сухо́й лёд m (suxój ljod) Spanish: hielo seco (es) m, nieve carbónica f Swedish: torris (sv) c Tamil: ஈரமில்பனிக்கட்டி (īramilpaṉikkaṭṭi) Thai: น้ำแข็งแห้ง (th) (nám-kɛ̌ng-hɛ̂ɛng) Turkish: kuru buz Vietnamese: đá khô (vi)

Further reading

• dry ice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• cidery, erycid