Meaning of ice In English

• 0 water that has frozen and become solid, or pieces of this:

  • The pond was covered in ice all winter.

  • Would you like ice in your juice?

  • I've put a couple of bottles of champagne on ice (= in a container of ice to get cold).

  • He slipped on a patch of ice.

• 1 an ice cream, especially one bought in a shop:

  • The shop sign said "Drinks, Cakes, Ices!"

• 2 jewellery, especially diamonds

• 3 to cover a cake with icing (= a food made mainly with sugar):

  • I've made her a chocolate cake - now I just need to ice it.

• 4 to murder someone

• 5 abbreviation for Immigration and Customs Enforcement: the US government department that is responsible for making sure that laws on who is allowed to enter, stay in, and work in the US and what is allowed to be brought across US borders are obeyed:

  • The senator urged ICE not to deport the woman, who has four young children.

  • In a raid by ICE agents on a clothing manufacturer, more than 100 workers were arrested on immigration-related offences.

• 6 abbreviation for In Case of Emergency: used as a name for a number stored on a person's mobile phone that other people should call if the person is seriously ill or injured:

  • The idea of ICE took off after the 7 July 2005 London bombings.

  • Some handsets provide access to a list of ICE contacts directly from the "locked" screen.

• 7 water that has frozen solid, or pieces of this:

  • Don’t slip on the ice.

  • I’d like a ginger ale with no ice.

• 8 frost