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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ice water1

First recorded in 1715–25
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Example Sentences

Immediately scoop the peach into the ice water, also turning to be sure the whole peach is cooled.

To easily skin a peach, bring a pot of water to a boil and fill a bowl with ice water.

Using a slotted spoon, transfer them to the bowl of ice water.

If using fresh peaches, bring a 4-quart pot of water to a boil and fill a large bowl with ice water.

Once they float back to the top, scoop them out with a slotted spoon, and place them in a bowl of ice water for two minutes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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