: extremely cold

Examples of ice-cold in a Sentence

ice-cold hands from hours spent shoveling snow
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His shot has been ice-cold, falling at just a 25 percent clip, and his 7.3 points per game are the lowest since his rookie year. Brian Sampson, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024 Listen to this article Loading your audio article DALLAS – There were multiple stretches Wednesday that summed up the Knicks’ ice-cold first half in Dallas. Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 28 Nov. 2024 During his leadership, Klopp's team could have had a couple of ice-cold Red Bulls at half-time to replenish their energy levels for more gegenpressing. Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024 The National Weather Service office for Minneapolis said in a forecast discussion that ice-cold air was likely to arrive midweek. Dennis Romero, NBC News, 24 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ice-cold 

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ice-cold was before the 12th century

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“Ice-cold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice-cold. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

ice-cold

adjective
ˈī-ˈskōld
: very cold

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