ice cream

noun

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

ice cream

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of ice cream¹

First recorded in 1735–45

Example Sentences

McAllister and his team handed out ice cream and demonstrated a gadget called Poetry Camera, which uses Claude to analyze photos and print a corresponding poem.

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The 20-year-old pulled a flick knife from his pocket with his left hand while eating an ice cream with his right.

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There’s nothing exotic about it: Bob has always been the Wonder Bread and vanilla ice cream of names.

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“I just thought, there’s no way someone would want to smell like ice cream and waffle cones all day,” said Anthony.

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Dozens of street vendors — selling freshly made orange juice, ice cream, hot dogs and flags — walked with the crowd, and several bystanders filmed from their apartment balconies.

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