Etymology
Origin of ice-cold
before 1000; Old English is-calde; unrecorded in Middle English
Example Sentences
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With a lifelong thirst for adventure, his family and friends were less than surprised by his ice-cold exercise, he said.
From Barron's
He sounds like he’s talking about an assistant challenged to bring him an ice-cold Diet Coke.
From Los Angeles Times
It was ice-cold and churning; she braced to be thrown against the rocks, or to feel the bite of a lavellan on her face.
From Literature
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As we go, a drip of ice-cold water falls on me from above.
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Instead, it rested there, ice-cold as anything, but solid.
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