Etymology
Origin of ice-cold
before 1000; Old English is-calde; unrecorded in Middle English
Example Sentences
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A vapour barrier is placed on top of the insulation, before engineers lay mats containing glycol on top to keep the ice cold.
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026
What rankles most, say many Greenlanders, is that Trump treated their home–which he called “a piece of ice, cold and poorly located” —as a commodity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026
The Trojans’ offense was ice cold at that point, with the exception of Ausar, who scored USC’s first eight points of the half.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025
The ice cold Dodgers aren’t supposed to go frigid like this.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
It was still summer, but my hand felt ice cold as I gripped the knob to open the door, it was like opening my own coffin.
From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe
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