ice water

noun

1. water chilled with or as if with ice.
2. melted ice.

ice water

noun

1. water formed from ice
2. Also callediced water drinking water cooled by refrigeration or the addition of ice

Word History and Origins

Origin of ice water¹

First recorded in 1715–25

Example Sentences

Drain immediately and immerse the beans in ice water to stop the cooking.

From The Daily Beast

For a moment of levity, Leo was challenged by David Beckham to do the ALS ice water bucket challenge.

From The Daily Beast

In his rendition Charlie Sheen stands in a foyer and overturns a bucket filled with checks, not ice water.

From The Daily Beast

Instead of ice water, Sheen pours a bucket full of cash on himself, all of which he plans to donate to the ALS Association.

From The Daily Beast

Back at the cabin we sit together on a log near the porch and drink bourbon and ice water out of the Thermos cap.

From The Daily Beast

Jess went through the room once with ice water, humming, for Violet was better.

From Project Gutenberg

Have ready a large bowl of ice water, two turkish towels, one sheet, and four wool blankets.

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He rose, summer and winter, at two A. M., and passed an hour and three quarters immersed in ice water.

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I guess I drank too much ice water, which is a bad thing to do in hot weather.

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They are an excellent kind of fish, and very well flavored, the cold ice water of the mountain rivers keeping them always hard.

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