Definitions for icicles

icicles i·ci·cle

Spelling: [ahy-si-kuh l]
IPA: /ˈaɪ sɪ kəl/

Icicles is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 81 anagrams from letters in icicles (cceiils).

Definitions for icicles

noun

  1. a pendent, tapering mass of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water.
  2. a thin strip of paper, plastic, or foil, usually silvery, for hanging on a Christmas tree as decoration.
  3. a cold, unemotional person.

Origin of icicles

before 1000; Middle English isikel, Old English īsgicel, equivalent to īs ice + gicel icicle; akin to Old Norse jǫkul mass of ice, glacier

Examples for icicles

We shall all die or be turned into icicles if we can't get out before long!

It changes too suddenly, and the icicles are cutting my face.

Some of them ran after you like dogs; others, damn it, were icicles!

Freezing up and talking as if you had a mouthful of icicles.

His face was blue with cold, and his beard was a frozen mass of icicles.

From this cupola thousands of icicles of the most varied shapes were hanging.

The withered grass and the bushes were transformed into a forest of icicles.

A moment later he was freeing himself from icicles and snow at the stove.

icicles hang from the eaves of the rick, and its thatch is covered with snow.

I had icicles hanging from my mustache, eyelashes, and hair.

Word Value for icicles
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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