dry ice

noun

: solidified carbon dioxide

Examples of dry ice in a Sentence

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Breathy vocals piled with dry ice cushion direct and vulnerable songwriting. Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2025 Instead of shipping vaccine finished products (often on dry ice), countries can tune and manufacture doses on-site within weeks. Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 19 Nov. 2025 However, the shipping company told the researchers at the last minute that the airline would not ship dry ice. Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025 There, they’ll be photographed and then stunned and killed by exposure to dry ice, before being dissected. Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dry ice

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of dry ice was in 1925

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“Dry ice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dry%20ice. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.

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dry ice

noun
: solid carbon dioxide

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