: a sweet flavored frozen food containing cream or butterfat and usually eggs
Examples of ice-cream in a Sentence
Noun
What flavor of ice cream do you like?
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Dasha Afanasieva, Fortune Europe, 16 May 2024
The film depicts one madcap night in 1980s New York for Griffin Dunne’s Paul Hackett, capturing the era’s art world, lofts, clubs, and dive bars (remember those?), not to mention angry mobs and a bloodthirsty ice-cream truck.
—David Coggins, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2024
Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2024
After shoppers are finished picking up their kimchi and frog legs, an in-store ice cream shop called Frutopia waits on the other side of the cash registers.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2024
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Adjective
However, its Russian ice-cream division, which has net assets of around €600 million, including four factories, won’t form part of that process as it is ring-fenced from the rest of the company, a spokesperson said Thursday.
—Dasha Afanasieva, Fortune Europe, 16 May 2024
The film depicts one madcap night in 1980s New York for Griffin Dunne’s Paul Hackett, capturing the era’s art world, lofts, clubs, and dive bars (remember those?), not to mention angry mobs and a bloodthirsty ice-cream truck.
—David Coggins, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2024
Noun
New this year is a strawberry ice cream eating contest sponsored by Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream slated for 1:30 p.m., and San Diego’s major league soccer team, San Diego FC, will be at the Contest Stage offering soccer activities, contests, and merchandise.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2024
After shoppers are finished picking up their kimchi and frog legs, an in-store ice cream shop called Frutopia waits on the other side of the cash registers.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2024
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“Ice-cream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice-cream. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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ice cream
noun
(ˈ)ī-ˈskrēm 
ˈī-ˌskrēm
: a frozen food containing sweetened and flavored cream or butterfat
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