iceblock

English

Etymology

From ice +‎ block.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

iceblock (plural iceblocks)

1. A block of ice.
2. (Australia, New Zealand) An ice lolly.
   • 1989, Mary Paul (editor, New Women′s Fiction‎, page 63:

     About this time I′m getting real thirsty and need an iceblock bad so I get on up and go into the dairy and take me a lemonade one, plus an aniseed wheel to keep up my energy.

   • 2010, J A Mawter, So Feral!, unnumbered page:

     We meet at Robson′s corner for an iceblock — Josh, Elliot, Ryan, Finn, and me — searching for something to do.

   • 2010, Karen Fischer, Healthy Family, Happy Family: The Complete Healthy Guide to Feeding Your Family‎, page 58:

     Of course my daughter said today was iceblock day, which happened to be Friday, so iceblocks became a Friday after-school treat.

Translations

a lump of ice

Dutch: ijsklomp (nl) m Maori: poro hukapapa

An ice lolly.

Maori: poro tio