ice cream

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noun

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

RELATED WORDS

sherbet, sorbet, ice, gelato

Nearby words

Origin of ice cream

First recorded in 1735–45

Can be confusedice cream sherbet sorbet

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Examples from the Web for ice cream

George Washington paid almost $200—a ton of money at the time—for ice-cream equipment and recipes in 1790.
An Investigation Into the Delicious Origins of Ice Cream|Andrew Romano|July 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Puddings were treats for birthdays and special occasions: chocolate cake, or jelly and ice-cream.
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At the end of the film, Lane shows Ehrlichman as an ice-cream pitchman, wise-cracking that he knows all about meltdowns.
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The sentiment was echoed by Saleh as he sat inside the Turkish ice-cream shop.
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I saw a girl in a fluttery dress at an ice-cream stand, hugging a woman in a pantsuit—her mom.
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In that case do set down that ice-cream, for you are spilling it over everything.
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I suppose you think the way to make love to a girl is to give her an ice-cream soda once a month.
The Rosie World|Parker Fillmore
Of course the ice-cream melted, but it was nice to drink afterwards, and there was a lot of salad and cake and rolls.
The Debtor|Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
The word "ice-cream" was no sooner whispered than it passed from one to another all down the tables.
Elsie Venner|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Snowball had come to the house to borrow the Merriams' ice-cream freezer.
Missy|Dana Gatlin

British Dictionary definitions for ice cream

ice cream

noun

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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Word Origin and History for ice cream