ice water

noun

: chilled or iced water especially served as a beverage

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On his current Broken Branches Tour, Bentley dared Top to take a dip in a tub of ice water. Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 9 July 2025 Back in the summer of 2014, a media frenzy swept the nation as friends, teachers, celebrities, athletes, billionaires and even former presidents dumped buckets of ice water over their heads to raise awareness and funds for ALS — a progressive neurodegenerative disease. Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 Grant observes all the angels along his route who offered a glass of ice water in the summer or hot coffee in a thermos in the winter. Casey Cep, New Yorker, 28 June 2025 In 1986, while serving on the commission to investigate the Challenger disaster, Feynman conceived of a famous demonstration—involving a piece of rubber and a glass of ice water—to show that the O-ring seals in the space shuttle’s rockets became unreliable at low temperatures. Alec Nevala-Lee june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for ice water

Word History

First Known Use

1669, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ice water was in 1669

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“Ice water.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20water. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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ice water

noun
: chilled or iced water especially for drinking
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