: 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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Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
Those profiles would often point out that Murphy endorsed milk and ice-cream brands but neither drank nor smoked, in accordance with his Mormon faith.
—Rick Klein, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2025
Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 14 Dec. 2025
Popular options from the brand include Arriba coffee, orange creamsicle, butter beer and cheesecake ice cream.
—Eddie Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 13 Dec. 2025
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Adjective
For the last five years, Tyra Banks has been trying to become the glam Willy Wonka of frozen treats, and her attempts to build her ice-cream empire have come in fits and starts.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
Those profiles would often point out that Murphy endorsed milk and ice-cream brands but neither drank nor smoked, in accordance with his Mormon faith.
—Rick Klein, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2025
Noun
Slusser has also said in the lawsuits that Fleming confessed to being transgender during a conversation over ice cream in April 2024.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 14 Dec. 2025
Popular options from the brand include Arriba coffee, orange creamsicle, butter beer and cheesecake ice cream.
—Eddie Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 13 Dec. 2025
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“Ice-cream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice-cream. Accessed 18 Dec. 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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