: 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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Akash Kapur, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026
Volkswagen attempted an anti-tech pro-human message during the Super Bowl with an ad that showed earthy pleasures like dancing in the rain and chasing an ice-cream truck.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2026
Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
Spend the day at the lifeguarded beach and stroll the three-mile boardwalk along the oceanfront for loads of action, from street entertainers and live music to bike rentals and ice cream shops.
—Kara Williams, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
These included an ice-cream parlor, souvenir shops, and homes repurposed into Airbnbs—all by-products of a growing tourism industry on Fogo.
—Akash Kapur, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026
Volkswagen attempted an anti-tech pro-human message during the Super Bowl with an ad that showed earthy pleasures like dancing in the rain and chasing an ice-cream truck.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
Other concerns included the fact that the authority had already approved an ice cream shop for $750,000 on the other end of downtown at 16th and Glenarm.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
Spend the day at the lifeguarded beach and stroll the three-mile boardwalk along the oceanfront for loads of action, from street entertainers and live music to bike rentals and ice cream shops.
—Kara Williams, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
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“Ice-cream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice-cream. Accessed 27 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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