Emoji dictionary or ice cube emoji or ice emoji [ahys kyoob ih-moh-jee] What doesย ๐งย mean? The ice cube emoji, ๐ง, depicts a grayish-blue cube of frozen water. It's the perfect accompaniment to all your digital cold beverages. The ice cube emoji is also used in reference to all things cool, both literally (like the weather) and figuratively (like rapper and actor Ice Cube). Related words , , Where does come from? Fancy some ice in your (emoji) drink? ๐ฅ ๐ฅคย Well, you can now with the the ice cube emoji. The emoji was approved in 2019 under Unicode 12.0. It’s categorized under Food & Drink, which is sensible, as ice cubes are typically used to cool our various drinks. The emoji appears to have been inspired by a March 2018 proposal for an iceberg emoji. Current versions display the ice cube as, well, a grayish-blue block of ice. On unsupported platforms, the ice cube emoji may display as an empty box. Screenshot from Emojipedia Examples of Do you like ice in your drinks? โ yAAAAAAS!!! DEFINITELY ๐ง @arshdcxx, April, 2019 Trump's speech. Real Hot fire. The Dems response, real ice cold! ๐ง #SOTU @Politicswatch, February, 2019 It's Ice Breaker Saturday! We break the Ice ๐ง ๐จ, and you drink out of it ๐ฅ. What better way to start a conversation ๐จ๏ธ ๐โโ๏ธย ๐จ๏ธ๐ @Icebarfans, March, 2019 SEE MORE EXAMPLES Who uses ? While theย ice cube emoji is only fresh out of the emoji freezer, users have already found a range of clever applications for it. For starters, the ice cube emoji may be used alongside other Food & Drink emoji (e.g., lemon emoji ๐, for an ice-cold lemonade) in reference to cold drinksโoften of the adult variety. #StrangeWaysToRelax I do what I call "Going to Italy": I draw a hot bath w/ bathsalts, play the album Romance in Venice, light a Champagne Toast candle, wash w/ Bath&Bodyworks Limoncello, and sip an ice-cold lemonade. So relaxing ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ง๐ฃ๐ฝโโ๏ธ๐ต๐ฏ๏ธ๐ฅ๐๐งhttps://t.co/gh52hcMRDj — ๐๐ Lazy Dictator ๐๐ (@LazyDictator) April 19, 2019 The shape of the ice cube emojiย has also lent the pictogram to various representation of cube-like shapes or concepts. .@Boltz absolutely MELTS the two CT's rushing him on an Eco ๐ง#ESLProLeague https://t.co/ZvDWXMCAnq pic.twitter.com/fkiB2YUm3S — ESL Counter-Strike (@ESLCS) April 22, 2019 Ice is cold, and various terms for cold are used to mean “excellent, good, laidback” (e.g., chill). Expect to find the ice cube emoji used of these and other ice-related expressions, such as an icy stareย or a conversational icebreaker. LOL the workplacehella chill ๐งWe cool out there ๐Nutsku knows the g.o.a.t. of #techstering — ๐ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ โ (@globalmarduk) April 19, 2019 Of course, ice is actually cold, so the ice cube emoji sees literal uses for cold temperatures or weather events. Wind shoves ice ashore along northern Lake Michigan! ๐งhttps://t.co/Vqkwyc2Fkm pic.twitter.com/hlEIHeAwzp — iceScreen (@icescreens) April 18, 2019 Just Added shelfie, ACAB, yeet, Karen, BIPOC Note This is not meant to be a formal definition of like most terms we define on Dictionary.com, but is rather an informal word summary that hopefully touches upon the key aspects of the meaning and usage of that will help our users expand their word mastery.