dry ice

noun

: solidified carbon dioxide

Examples of dry ice in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The person who first developed cloud seeding, using dry ice—and who wasn’t named in Williams’s piece—was Vincent Schaefer, Bernard Vonnegut’s colleague. — Rana Mitter, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Ice cream was purchased in Nairobi, packed in dry ice, flown by charter aircraft to Tanzania, turned into milkshakes in a camp kitchen, repacked, and sent toward the couple by car. — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Aug. 2026

Some materials used in DIY mosquito traps include yeast, sugar, vinegar, baking soda, and dry ice. — The Spruce, 2 July 2026

Costumes are dark and minimal (at the end, Erika wears the same black-cocktail-dress-and-pearls ensemble that Vanessa wore at the opening); the staging is bare-bones—just a couple of chairs, stark lighting, no projections, and a few minutes of dry ice during the snow scene. — Russell Platt, New Yorker, 20 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for dry ice

• advice
• allspice
• concise
• device
• entice
• excise
• fordyce
• precise
• suffice
• dice
• feis
• gneiss

Kids Definition

dry ice

noun

: solid carbon dioxide