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icicle

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i·ci·cle  (s-kl)
n.
1. A tapering spike of ice formed by the freezing of dripping or falling water.
2. Informal An aloof or emotionally unresponsive person.

[Middle English isikel : is, ice; see ice + ikel, icicle (from Old English gicel; see yeg- in Indo-European roots).]

icicle [ˈaɪsɪkəl]
n
a hanging spike of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water
[from ice + ickel, from Old English gicel icicle, related to Old Norse jökull large piece of ice, glacier]
icicled  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.icicleicicle - ice resembling a pendent spear, formed by the freezing of dripping water
ice, water ice - water frozen in the solid state; "Americans like ice in their drinks"
Translations
icicle [ˈaɪsɪkl] Ncarámbano m

icicle [ˈaɪsɪkəl] nglaçon naturel)m >

icicle
nEiszapfen m

icicle [ˈaɪsɪkl] nghiacciolo
icicle [ˈaɪsɪkl] nghiacciolo

icicle
n icicle [ˈaisikl]
a long hanging piece of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water icicles hanging from the roof. yskeël تَجَمُّد الماء أثْناء تَقَطُّرِهِ ледена висулка rampouch istap der Eiszapfen κρύσταλλος, σταλακτίτης carámbano jääpurikas قندیل jääpuikko glaçon נְטִיף קֶרַח हिमलम्ब ledena siga jégcsap untaian utik-utik air yang membeku grÿlukerti ghiacciolo つらら 고드름 varveklis lāsteka isikel ijskegel istapp sopel sincelo ţurţure сосулька cencúľ ledena sveča ledenica istapp แท่งน้ำแข็งแหลมที่ย้อยลงมา buz sacağı/sarkıtı 冰柱 льодова бурулька پانی کا ٹپکتا ہوا منجمد قطرہ trụ băng


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Then a tiny icicle detached itself from the roof, and dropped into the woman's mouth, who swallowed it with a smile, and said, 'Perhaps I shall give birth to a snow child now
On the rock floor there was in these cases what looked, Sir Henry said, exactly like a broken column in an old Grecian temple, whilst high above, depending from the roof, the point of a huge icicle could be dimly seen.
Missis walked in,' she said, 'as chill as an icicle, and as high as a princess.
 
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