ice cube tray

noun

plural ice cube trays

: a usually rectangular mold with several compartments used for making ice cubes or other kinds of frozen cubes (as of fruit juice)

He filled the ice cube tray with water and put it in the freezer.

Freeze any juice—we used grapefruit—in an ice cube tray; pliable silicone ones are ideal.

—Martha Stewart Living

Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above