ice

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  ice    ICE    -ice  

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ice/ʌɪs/

▶noun

• 1 frozen water, a brittle transparent crystalline solid.

  ■ chiefly Brit. an ice cream or water ice.

• 2 informal diamonds.

▶verb

• 1 decorate with icing.

• 2 (usu. ice up/over) become covered or blocked with ice.

• 3 N. Amer. informal clinch (a victory or deal).

• 4 N. Amer. informal kill.

– phrases
break the ice relieve tension or get conversation going at the start of a party or between strangers.
on ice

• 1 (of wine or food) kept chilled using ice.

• 2 suspended; on hold.

on thin ice in a precarious or risky situation.

– derivatives
iced adjective.

– origin OE īs, of Gmc origin.

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ICE

▶abbreviation

• 1 Institution of Civil Engineers.

• 2 internal-combustion engine.

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-ice/ɪs/

▶suffix forming nouns such as service, police, and abstract nouns such as justice.

– origin from OFr. -ice, from L. -itia, -itius, -itium.