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  Dry Ice

  the solid form of carbon dioxide, which sublimes at −109.26°F (−78.48°C) and is used chiefly as a refrigerant.
• dry ice
  dry ice

  noun

  solid carbon dioxide, which sublimes at –78.5°C: used as a refrigerant, and to create billows of smoke in stage shows

Dry Ice

American  

Chemistry, Trademark.

1. the solid form of carbon dioxide, which sublimes at −109.26°F (−78.48°C) and is used chiefly as a refrigerant.

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dry ice British  

noun

1. Also called: carbon dioxide snow. solid carbon dioxide, which sublimes at –78.5°C: used as a refrigerant, and to create billows of smoke in stage shows

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dry ice Scientific  

1. Solid carbon dioxide. Dry ice evaporates without first passing through a liquid state by sublimation except under moderate pressure (more than 73 atmospheres). It is used for refrigeration and for creating artificial smoke or fog effects.

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I first saw Dry Ice at the Bush Theatre, London, written and acted superbly by Mahfouz, a one-woman show weaving together an array of different characters.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 9, 2016

Airgas Dry Ice put 16,884 pounds of corrosive ammonia into the air.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 4, 2012

The company's Texas-bred pilot, stocky Joe M. Silverthorne, did the trick by dropping Dry Ice pellets into passing clouds.

From Time Magazine Archive

My ankles and wrists began to burn as though somebody had put Dry Ice on my skin.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Beltsville system is better; the air passing through the cans carries the cockroach perfume to a flask cooled by Dry Ice.

From Time Magazine Archive

And a refreshingly rebooted Kyle Tucker, the $60-million-per-year outfielder who for weeks was colder than dry ice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

"I opened the package, and there was a giant, 200-year-old eyeball sitting on dry ice just staring back at me," the 28-year-old says with a laugh.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

But when he observed it swirling rapidly rather than spreading out as dry ice would, he dropped his guitar, jumped off stage and started running.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

Instead of relying on camera effects like his music videos did, he created spectacle through theatrical elements—fans, dry ice, and filling the field with people—making the most of the technology of his time.

From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2025

The refrigerated cakes come in flimsy cardboard boxes steaming with dry ice.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García