: 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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Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Use them on salads in place of croutons or even as an ice-cream topping.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2025
Use it to warm up maple syrup and chocolate sauce for pancakes and ice cream, pour gravy on roasted chicken and potatoes, and hold milk or cream for coffee.
—Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
For the new dinner service, diners might try tiramisu made with Four Barrel espresso or a brown-butter chocolate-chip ice-cream sandwich – or throw the diet completely out the window with decadent Basque cheesecake.
—Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Use them on salads in place of croutons or even as an ice-cream topping.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
This is like a warm strawberry shortcake begging for some vanilla ice cream to top it off.
—Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2025
Use it to warm up maple syrup and chocolate sauce for pancakes and ice cream, pour gravy on roasted chicken and potatoes, and hold milk or cream for coffee.
—Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ice-cream
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“Ice-cream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice-cream. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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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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