ice
water frozen in the solid state
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,009 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,943 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- water frozen in the solid state also: water ice Americans like ice in their drinks
- the frozen part of a body of water
- diamonds also: sparkler look at the ice on that dame!
- a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes also: frosting, icing
- a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk) also: frappe
- 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 also: methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk
ice in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He casteth forth his ice like morsels.'
Christmas with Grandma Elsie · Martha Finley · Chapter 1
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And going to the caves of ice, too, and that diamond-making affair.
Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera · Victor Appleton · Chapter 1
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The ice was broken into thousands of confused shapes, but none, Hans thought like the ordinary forms of splintered ice.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1
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For an instant his whole frame appeared petrified, and the tide and current of his life frozen up in thick-ribbed ice.
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1
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Who knows what goadings in their sterner way O'er jagged ice, relieved by granite gray, Blew round the men of Massachusetts Bay?
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1