: a sweet flavored frozen food containing cream or butterfat and usually eggs
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Noun
What flavor of ice cream do you like?
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Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
In summer, British designer Anya Hindmarch set up a colorful shop in London for the third year selling ice-cream tubs inspired by a typical pantry stock—Kikkoman soy sauce, Heinz baked beans, Perelló olives.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2025
Susan Nicholson, arkansasonline.com, 15 Jan. 2025
By contrast, prices dropped for personal care products and alcoholic beverages, as well as a host of foods, such as white bread, seafood and ice cream.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
The bad wolf ice-cream man had known / And took her to his awful home.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
In summer, British designer Anya Hindmarch set up a colorful shop in London for the third year selling ice-cream tubs inspired by a typical pantry stock—Kikkoman soy sauce, Heinz baked beans, Perelló olives.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
For dessert, top leftover ice cream with marshmallow topping.
—Susan Nicholson, arkansasonline.com, 15 Jan. 2025
By contrast, prices dropped for personal care products and alcoholic beverages, as well as a host of foods, such as white bread, seafood and ice cream.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Ice-cream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice-cream. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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ice cream
noun
(ˈ)ī-ˈskrēm 
ˈī-ˌskrēm
: a frozen food containing sweetened and flavored cream or butterfat
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