ice-cream

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adjective

ˌīs-ˈkrēm How to pronounce ice-cream (audio)
ˈīs-ˌkrēm
: of a color similar to that of vanilla ice cream

ice cream

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noun

ˌīs-ˈkrēm How to pronounce ice cream (audio)
ˈīs-ˌkrēm
: a sweet flavored frozen food containing cream or butterfat and usually eggs

Examples of ice-cream in a Sentence

Noun What flavor of ice cream do you like?
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
Betty Rae’s is adding a fourth location to its growing ice-cream empire. David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2024 But bringing his biographical show to Off Broadway is an achievement that Summers has found to be as satisfying as riding down a spiraling slide into a giant ice-cream sundae. Dave Itzkoff, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024 Now it’s being beaten out by combos like cookies and cream and chocolate-chip cookie dough (which may be similar, but which ice-cream fans definitively see as different). Tori Latham, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2024 The company is developing soluble sachets for detergent pods, ice-cream scoops, and even paper packing for cosmetics. Stephen Armstrong, WIRED, 15 Feb. 2024 My destination was the Screen Door, a tiny ice-cream shop in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint that is currently serving as the host of Border Town, a peripatetic breakfast-taco pop-up. Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2024 The artisan ice-cream company serves up scoops with a variety of flavors (dairy-free included). Katie Toussaint, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024 Photo: Julie Bidwell Photography for The Wall Street Journal Altamont Capital Partners is backing Mini Melts USA, a Philadelphia-area business that has gone from operating a single vending machine to one of the fastest-growing ice-cream brands in the country. Rod James, WSJ, 8 Jan. 2024 Gently press one cake round into each ice-cream well to adhere. Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 28 Oct. 2023
Noun
Zocalo Food Park: An outdoor food park with trucks offering pizza, tacos, bagels and ice cream. Jessica Rodriguez, Journal Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2024 According to a news release, on Wednesday only customers can order a meal that includes a Filet-O-Fish, McDonald’s World Famous Fries, a medium Dr. Pepper, and a Vernors Boston Cooler made with Detroit's classic gingery soda and ice cream. Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 12 Mar. 2024 Vendors sold tacos and ice cream out of carts, souvenirs from small booths. Jared Lemus, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2024 Pour Champagne into a silver cup, and serve a melty scoop of ice cream out of a stainless steel coupe. Talia Abbas, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2024 Paresh Dave: Anytime is a good time for ice cream, not a popsicle. Michael Calore Lauren Goode, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2024 By putting the adults to work, service will be completed so quickly that everyone should have something before complaints start coming back that Oliver is lactose-intolerant, Grandpa didn't want cake, and Isabella wanted peach ice cream, not pistachio. Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024 By putting the adults to work, service will be completed so quickly that everyone should have something before complaints start coming back that Oliver is lactose-intolerant, Grandpa didn’t want cake, and Isabella wanted peach ice cream, not pistachio. Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024 Fans loved the ice cream so much that when the shop was on the brink of closure in 2011, a regular customer, Mike Stoffey, purchased it. The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1874, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1743, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ice-cream was in 1743

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Cite this Entry

“Ice-cream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice-cream. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

ice cream

noun
(ˈ)ī-ˈskrēm How to pronounce ice cream (audio)
ˈī-ˌskrēm
: a frozen food containing sweetened and flavored cream or butterfat
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