ice cream

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

(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`

a frozen dessert made with cream or milk, sugar, flavoring, and sometimes eggs.

[1735–45]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

ice cream - frozen dessert containing cream and sugar and flavoring

icecream

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

Translations

آيْسِ كْرِيـمْ

zmrzlina

isflødeis

Eis Eiscreme Speiseeis

παγωτό

helado

jäätis

jäätelö

glace crème glacée

גלידה

sladoled

fagylalt

es krim

ísrjómaís

gelato

アイスクリーム

아이스크림

ledai

zmrzlina

sladoled

glass

ไอศครีม

dondurma

kem

冰淇淋

ice cream

n → gelato

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

ice cream

→ آيْسِ كْرِيـمْ zmrzlina is Eis παγωτό helado jäätelö glace sladoled gelato アイスクリーム 아이스크림 ijsje iskrem lody gelado, sorvete мороженое glass ไอศครีม dondurma kem 冰淇淋

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

ice cream

n helado

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They're going to have boats on the Lake of Shining Waters--and ice cream, as I told you.

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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.

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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."

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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.

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"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."

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One of us compared the harmony existing between a Haydn symphony and pistache ice cream to the exquisite congruity between Milly and Cypher's.

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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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There was ice cream, actually two dishes of it, pink and white, and cake and fruit and distracting french bonbons and, in the middle of the table, four great bouquets of hot house flowers.

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