ice cream

American  

noun

1. a frozen food containing cream or milk and butterfat, sugar, flavoring, and sometimes eggs.

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ice cream British  

noun

1. a kind of sweetened frozen liquid, properly made from cream and egg yolks but often made from milk or a custard base, flavoured in various ways

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Etymology

Origin of ice cream

First recorded in 1735–45

Compare meaning

How does ice-cream compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:

• custard vs. ice cream
• sorbet vs. ice cream
• ice milk vs. ice cream
• frozen custard vs. ice cream

Example Sentences

She saw the hurt, apologized, brought you an ice cream sundae later.

From Literature

Even if I do have a little ice cream or yogurt at the end of the night, it’s not the whole container anymore.

From The Wall Street Journal

Today, yogurt still primarily exists as a sweet treat, typically enjoyed for breakfast alongside fruit and granola, on chia seed puddings, or as a healthy alternative to ice cream.

From Salon

First, they ran an ice cream shop called Cremogellos for two years.

From The Wall Street Journal

Sure, the closest grocery store may be leagues away and, yeah, the freezer is stocked with elk meat instead of ice cream.

From Salon

Related Words

• frozen yogurt
• sherbet
• sorbet