Definitions for ices

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ices ice

Spelling: [ahys]

IPA: /aɪs/

Ices is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 26 anagrams from letters in ices (ceis).

Definitions for ices

noun

1. the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
2. the frozen surface of a body of water.
3. any substance resembling frozen water:
4. a frozen dessert made of sweetened water and fruit juice.
5. British. ice cream.
6. icing, as on a cake.
7. reserve; formality:
8. Slang. a diamond or diamonds. protection money paid to the police by the operator of an illicit business. a fee that a ticket broker pays to a theater manager in order to receive a favorable allotment of tickets.

Idioms

1. break the ice, to succeed initially; make a beginning. to overcome reserve, awkwardness, or formality within a group, as in introducing persons:
2. cut no ice, Informal. to have no influence or importance; fail to impress:
3. ice it, Slang. stop it; that's enough:
4. ice the puck, Ice Hockey. to hit the puck to the far end of the rink, especially from the defensive area across the offensive area.
5. on ice, Informal. with a good chance of success or realization: out of activity, as in confinement or imprisonment. in a state of abeyance or readiness:
6. on thin ice, in a precarious or delicate situation: Also, skating on thin ice.

adjective

1. of or made of ice:
2. for holding ice and food or drink to be chilled:
3. on or done on the ice:

verb (used with object)

1. to cover with ice.
2. to change into ice; freeze.
3. to cool with ice, as a drink.
4. to cover (cake, sweet rolls, etc.) with icing; frost.
5. to refrigerate with ice, as air.
6. to make cold, as if with ice.
7. to preserve by placing on ice.
8. Ice Hockey. (especially in Canada) to put (a team) into formal play.
9. Slang. to settle or seal; make sure of, as by signing a contract: to make (a business arrangement) more attractive by adding features or benefits: to kill, especially to murder:
10. Sports Slang. to establish a winning score or insurmountable lead in or otherwise assure victory in (a game or contest):

verb (used without object)

1. to change to ice; freeze:
2. to be coated with ice (often followed by up):

Origin of ices

before 900; 1905-10 for def 8a; Middle English, Old English īs; cognate with German Eis, Old Norse īss

Examples for ices

Hot town, summer in the city....During the summer, ices are a ubiquitous dessert, sold on nearly every city street corner.

Champagne and ices, cakes and champagne, champagne and sandwiches.

The first room is for dinner parties, the next for ices,81 and the third for coffee.

A man-servant brought into the arbour a tray laden with ices.

The ices had melted away and the partner had dissolved in their train.

We got out at a pretty country house where ices were served to us.

Boissier was the only person for sweetmeats and Catherine for ices.

The dessert may consist of ices, fruit, pastry, or confections.

So Sheila was staying in a house in which ices could be prepared?

Only there's no end to the cakes and ices, the bonbons and surprises.