ice crystals
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of ice crystals
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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As water froze, growing ice crystals would push dissolved molecules into the remaining liquid, concentrating them in small spaces.
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026
"When the product reaches what we call the glass transition point, the ice crystals within the candy shift from ice to vapour at the speed of sound," Ms Goldfarb adds.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025
Invented in 1946 by General Electric scientists in upstate New York, cloud seeding works because silver iodide particles resemble ice crystals.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
Water ice is somewhere between a slushie and a sorbet, with delicate ice crystals that make it wonderfully refreshing.
From Salon • Sep. 3, 2025
Sometimes he found ice crystals on the chair he sat in to watch the neighborhood.
From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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