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Noun: ice  Is
  1. Water frozen in the solid state
    "Americans like ice in their drinks";
    - water ice
     
  2. The frozen part of a body of water
    "The children skated on the ice of the frozen pond"
     
  3. A rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating
    "the crowd applauded when she skated out onto the ice";
    - ice rink, ice-skating rink
     
  4. A frozen dessert with fruit flavouring (especially one containing no milk)
    "On a hot day, nothing beats a refreshing lemon ice";
    - frappé
     
  5. A flavoured sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes
    "She decorated the birthday cake with pink ice";
    - frosting, icing
     
  6. Diamonds
    "look at the ice on that dame!";
    - sparkler
     
  7. [informal] An amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
    "ice abuse has become a serious problem in many communities";
    - methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth [informal], deoxyephedrine, chalk [informal], crank [informal], glass [informal], shabu [Asia, informal], trash [informal], tik [S.Africa], crystal meth, crystal [informal]
Verb: ice  Is
  1. Put ice on or put on ice
    "Ice your sprained limbs"
     
  2. Cause to become ice or icy
    "an iced summer drink"
     
  3. (cooking) decorate with frosting
    "ice a cake";
    - frost [N. Amer]
Noun: ICE
  1. A heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine
    - internal-combustion engine
     
  2. Someone's emergency contact number, esp. as stored on a mobile phone (abbr. for In Case of Emergency)

Derived forms: iced, icing, ices

Type of: amphetamine, article, chill, controlled substance, cool, cool down, cover, crystal, diamond, freeze, frozen dessert, heat engine, object, pep pill [informal], physical object, rink, skating rink, speed [informal], topping, upper [informal]

Part of: automotive vehicle, glacier, ice cube, motor vehicle, motorboat, powerboat

Encyclopedia: Ice, Ice Baby

ICE, the drug of power