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By the coffee station is a faucet that immediately dispenses either ice-cold or boiling water—a feature all hotels should adopt immediately.—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Feb. 2026 Brooklyn shot just 3-for-17 in the second and an ice-cold 2-for-23 from beyond the arc in the first half.—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2026 What goes better together than ice-cold hockey and ice-cold beer?—Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Feb. 2026 Yeti Daytrip Insulated Lunch Bag After a long day in the sun and on the trails, there’s nothing like an ice-cold beverage.—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ice-cold
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of ice-cold was
before the 12th century