: 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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Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 21 Mar. 2026
The dessert is one of Carvel's most recognizable menu items, alongside its novelty ice-cream cakes, with over two million flying off shelves last year.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Greta Cross, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
Attendees can build their own sundae at the ice cream bar.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
Outside the Tempe Public Library on March 20, Rednour and other AZ HUGS volunteers stationed a table in the shade and passed out water, Powerade, popsicles and ice-cream to passersby.
—Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 21 Mar. 2026
The dessert is one of Carvel's most recognizable menu items, alongside its novelty ice-cream cakes, with over two million flying off shelves last year.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
Fans can sign up for a chance to win some ice cream on Yasso's website.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
Attendees can build their own sundae at the ice cream bar.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Ice-cream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice-cream. Accessed 2 Apr. 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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