dry ice

noun

: solidified carbon dioxide

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Drinks included Blasted, which used Taco Bell's Baja Blast soda; A Journey Through the Cosmos Suspended in Time, which included an astronaut figurine suspended in the drink using clear ice; and Chrono Cryo, a white tea cocktail served on a cloud of dry ice. Jordyn Noennig, jsonline.com, 31 July 2025 The pope’s brother John Prevost confirmed that the pontiff ate his six-inch Aurelio’s pepperoni pizza, which was shipped using dry ice, the medical unit from Chicago’s WGN-TV reported. Angel Saunders, People.com, 31 July 2025 The conductor of the group took turns touching each of their nipples with the dry ice, which burned them and prompted them to play their instrument. Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 11 June 2025 During their field campaign, the researchers amassed a collection of more than 10,000 hailstones in chests of dry ice to try to determine if their computer models are getting the dynamics of hail growth right. Evan Bush, NBC news, 20 July 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 20 Aug. 2025.

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dry ice

noun
: solid carbon dioxide

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