ice

ice is on the Basic English 850 List.

I - ice - idea

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. (transitive) 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. (transitive) If you ice a cake, you cover with icing.

   I iced this cake.

3. (transitive) (slang) If you ice someone, you murder them.

Related words

• iceberg