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ice
English
Etymology
From Middle English is, from Old English ?s (“ice”), from Proto-Germanic *?s? (compare West Frisian iis, Dutch ijs, German Low German Ies, German Eis, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian is), from Proto-Indo-European *h?eyH-. Compare Lithuanian ýnis (“glazed frost”), Russian ????? (ínej, “hoarfrost”), Ossetian ?? (ix), ?? (ex, “ice”), Persian ??? (yax), Northern Kurdish qe?.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /a?s/
- (Canada, many US accents) IPA(key): [??s]
- Rhymes: -a?s
Noun
ice (countable and uncountable, plural ices)
- (uncountable) Water in frozen (solid) form.
- 1882, Popular Science Monthly (volume 20), "The Freezing of a Salt Lake"
- It has always been difficult to explain how ice is formed on the surface of oceans while the temperature of maximum density is lower than that of cogelation, and the observations on this lake were instituted in the hope that they might throw light upon the subject.
- 1882, Popular Science Monthly (volume 20), "The Freezing of a Salt Lake"
- (uncountable, physics, astronomy) Any frozen volatile chemical, such as ammonia or carbon dioxide.
- (uncountable, astronomy) Any volatile chemical, such as water, ammonia, or carbon dioxide, not necessarily in solid form.
- (countable) A frozen dessert made of fruit juice, water and sugar.
- (Britain, countable, dated) An ice cream.
- (uncountable) Any substance having the appearance of ice.
- (uncountable, slang) One or more diamonds and jewelry.
- (uncountable, slang, drugs) Crystal form of amphetamine-based drugs.
- (uncountable, ice hockey) The area where a game of ice hockey is played.
- 2006, CBC, Finland, Sweden 'the dream final', February 26 2002,
- The neighbouring countries have enjoyed many great battles on the ice. They last met for gold at the 1998 world championship, won by Sweden. Three years earlier, Finland bested Sweden for the only world title in its history.
- 2006, CBC, Finland, Sweden 'the dream final', February 26 2002,
- (slang) Money paid as a bribe.
- 1960, United States. Congress, Congressional Record
- Theater operators, theater party agents, playwrights, and others who have ready access to tickets may get in on the “ice” and sometimes the producer is in on it too.
- 1970, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates
- This “ice” is bribe money paid to public officials to purchase protection for illegal activities. […] Just consider the “ice” money available to the men involved in the examples just cited.
- 1960, United States. Congress, Congressional Record
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Tokelauan: aiha
Translations
See ice/translations § Noun.
Verb
ice (third-person singular simple present ices, present participle icing, simple past and past participle iced)
- (transitive) To cool with ice, as a beverage.
- 2008, Deirdre Pitney, Donna Dourney, Triathlon Training For Dummies (page 240)
- To treat runner's knee, you need to rest from running or any other high-impact activity, ice the knee, and strengthen the quadriceps through weight training.
- 2008, Deirdre Pitney, Donna Dourney, Triathlon Training For Dummies (page 240)
- (intransitive) To become ice; to freeze.
- (transitive) To make icy; to freeze.
- (transitive, slang) To murder.
- (transitive) To cover with icing (frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg); to frost; as cakes, tarts, etc.
- (ice hockey) To put out a team for a match.
- Milton Keynes have yet to ice a team this season
- (ice hockey) To shoot the puck the length of the playing surface, causing a stoppage in play called icing.
- If the Bruins ice the puck, the faceoff will be in their own zone.
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Ice”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
- “ice”, in Mindat.org?[3], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.
- ice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- CEI, EIC, IEC
Hausa
Etymology
Of uncertain origin, perhaps from a Saharan language; compare Dazaga idi.
Noun
ic? m (possessed form icèn)
- wood
- tree
- stick
Latin
Verb
?ce
- second-person singular present active imperative of ?ci?
Manchu
Romanization
ice
- Romanization of ???
Middle English
Noun
ice (uncountable)
- Alternative form of is (“ice”)
Portuguese
Verb
ice
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of içar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of içar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of içar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of içar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /?i?e/, [?i.?e]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /?ise/, [?i.se]
- Homophone: hice
Verb
ice
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of izar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of izar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of izar.
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nunatak
English
Alternative forms
- nunataq
Etymology
Borrowed from Greenlandic nunataq.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?n?tæk/, /?nu?n?tæk/
- Hyphenation: nun?a?tak
Noun
nunatak (plural nunataks or nunataker)
- A mountain top or rocky element of a ridge that is surrounded by glacial ice but is not covered by ice; a peak protruding from the surface ice sheet. [from 1870s]
Translations
See also
- monadnock
Further reading
- nunatak on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Kuantan
Danish
Etymology
Greenlandic nunataq
Noun
nunatak
- nunatak
Declension
Slovak
Etymology
From Greenlandic nunataq.
Noun
nunatak m (genitive singular nunataka, nominative plural nunataky, genitive plural nunatakov, declension pattern of dub)
- nunatak
Declension
Swedish
Alternative forms
- nunatack
Etymology
From Greenlandic nunataq.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n???na?tak/
- Rhymes: -ak
Noun
nunatak c
- (geology) nunatak
Declension
References
- nunatak in Svensk ordbok (SO)
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