: a sweet flavored frozen food containing cream or butterfat and usually eggs
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Noun
What flavor of ice cream do you like?
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Adjective
Small children happily dash out of the local ice-cream shop, dripping cones in hand.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 6 May 2026
For younger fans, Demirovic will also be arranging for some ice-cream trucks to attend an upcoming training session.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 3 May 2026
Noun
In her most recent batch of chocolate and whisky ice cream, George used the 2012 summer batch release of Daftmill single malt from nearby Daftmill Distillery—one that specializes in rare, seasonal, single malt whisky.
—Carinne Geil Botta, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
Of course, matcha ice cream isn't the only exclusive offering Costco Japan has.
—Joseph Erbentraut, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2026
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“Ice-cream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice-cream. Accessed 17 May. 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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