: 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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Adjective
At regular intervals pool attendants also bring round ice-cream and fruit skewers to keep your energy levels up.
—Arion McNicoll, TheWeek, 12 Jan. 2026
FountainVest operates the ice-cream chain and Papa John’s Pizza in China.
—Elaine Yu,anniek Bao, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2025
Noun
Top it all off with the daily chef’s selection of mochi ice cream.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2026
Following the vacancy order, some Alliance Bank Center businesses, like taco and ice cream shop Rico’s on Wabasha, closed entirely.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2026
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“Ice-cream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice-cream. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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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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