: a sweet flavored frozen food containing cream or butterfat and usually eggs
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Noun
What flavor of ice cream do you like?
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Ella Gonzales
may 15, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026
Small children happily dash out of the local ice-cream shop, dripping cones in hand.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 6 May 2026
Carinne Geil Botta, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
Of course, matcha ice cream isn't the only exclusive offering Costco Japan has.
—Joseph Erbentraut, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2026
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Adjective
The balance could cover anything from an ice-cream flight to a year’s worth of ice cream.
—Ella Gonzales
may 15, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026
Small children happily dash out of the local ice-cream shop, dripping cones in hand.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 6 May 2026
Noun
In her most recent batch of chocolate and whisky ice cream, George used the 2012 summer batch release of Daftmill single malt from nearby Daftmill Distillery—one that specializes in rare, seasonal, single malt whisky.
—Carinne Geil Botta, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
Of course, matcha ice cream isn't the only exclusive offering Costco Japan has.
—Joseph Erbentraut, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2026
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“Ice-cream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice-cream. Accessed 21 May. 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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