ice cream


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ice cream

n.
1. A sweet, smooth, frozen dessert made from dairy products such as cream or milk, sugar or other sweeteners, and flavorings.
2. A serving of this dessert: At the ball game, I bought an ice cream.

ice′-cream′ adj.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

ice cream

n
(Cookery) a kind of sweetened frozen liquid, properly made from cream and egg yolks but often made from milk or a custard base, flavoured in various ways
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

ice′ cream`


n.
a frozen dessert made with cream or milk, sugar, flavoring, and sometimes eggs.
[1735–45]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.ice cream - frozen dessert containing cream and sugar and flavoringice cream - frozen dessert containing cream and sugar and flavoring
frozen dessert - any of various desserts prepared by freezing
chocolate ice cream - ice cream flavored with chocolate
Neapolitan ice cream - a block of ice cream with 3 or 4 layers of different colors and flavors
peach ice cream - ice cream flavored with fresh peaches
strawberry ice cream - ice cream flavored with fresh strawberries
tutti-frutti - ice cream containing chopped candied fruits
vanilla ice cream - ice cream flavored with vanilla extract
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Translations
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ice cream

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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

ice cream

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Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

ice cream

n helado
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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They want that dirty ice cream, that they do know for certain," she thought, looking at two boys stopping an ice cream seller, who took a barrel off his head and began wiping his perspiring face with a towel.
I'll build myself a beautiful palace, with a thousand stables filled with a thousand wooden horses to play with, a cellar overflowing with lemonade and ice cream soda, and a library of candies and fruits, cakes and cookies."
We take soup, then wait a few minutes for the fish; a few minutes more and the plates are changed, and the roast beef comes; another change and we take peas; change again and take lentils; change and take snail patties (I prefer grasshoppers); change and take roast chicken and salad; then strawberry pie and ice cream; then green figs, pears, oranges, green almonds, etc.; finally coffee.
"There's a whole turkey to be kept for us, and a freezerful of ice cream. Cecily and I are going to wait on the tables, and we'll put away a little of everything that's extra nice for our suppers."
One of us compared the harmony existing between a Haydn symphony and pistache ice cream to the exquisite congruity between Milly and Cypher's.
And did you take notice of the way she told us about the book when we sat down to have our ice cream? I tell you Harriet Beecher Stowe herself couldn't 'a' done it better justice."
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