: 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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Seth Sherwood, New York Times, 15 May 2025
The owner of a popular ice-cream shop in Madrid began giving ice cream away to people passing by.
—Barry Hatton, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2025
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 16 May 2025
Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream and longtime activist, was arrested Wednesday after interrupting a Senate hearing to protest U.S. policy on Gaza.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
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Adjective
No, these are not gourmet dishes but rather gelato flavors devised by two top local ice-cream enterprises, Otaleg! and Fatamorgana.
—Seth Sherwood, New York Times, 15 May 2025
The owner of a popular ice-cream shop in Madrid began giving ice cream away to people passing by.
—Barry Hatton, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
The ice cream company is known for supporting liberal causes and candidates.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 16 May 2025
Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream and longtime activist, was arrested Wednesday after interrupting a Senate hearing to protest U.S. policy on Gaza.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
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“Ice-cream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice-cream. Accessed 21 May. 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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