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water ice

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water ice
n.
A dessert made of finely crushed ice that has been sweetened and flavored.
water ice
n
(Cookery) an ice cream made from a frozen sugar syrup flavoured with fruit juice or purée; sorbet
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Noun1.water ice - water frozen in the solid statewater ice - water frozen in the solid state; "Americans like ice in their drinks"
ice
ice cube - a small cube of artificial ice; used for cooling drinks
glacier - a slowly moving mass of ice
H2O, water - binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
crystal - a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure
black ice - a thin coating of ice (as from freezing mist) on a road or sidewalk; nearly invisible but very hazardous
frost, hoar, hoarfrost, rime - ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
hailstone - small pellet of ice that falls during a hailstorm
icicle - ice resembling a pendent spear, formed by the freezing of dripping water
2.water ice - an ice containing no milk but having a mushy consistencywater ice - an ice containing no milk but having a mushy consistency; usually made from fruit juice
sorbet
frappe, ice - a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk)
Translations
water ice n (Brit) (Culin) → sorbetto
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Byline: ANI London, October 13 (ANI): Two independent scientific teams have found what may be the first direct evidence of water ice on the surface of an asteroid, a discovery that lends support to the idea that asteroids could have helped deliver water to the early Earth.
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NASA will impact the moon with a rocket on Friday to confirm or deny the existence of water ice which scientists think exists on billions of gallons but haven't been able to prove it.
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