: 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
Nikki Dementri, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
The restaurant tech company also found that social media platforms are helping fueling demand for visually interesting and inventive ice cream flavors, particularly among younger consumers.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 14 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
During Prohibition, Yuengling turned to ice cream and near beer.
—Nikki Dementri, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
The restaurant tech company also found that social media platforms are helping fueling demand for visually interesting and inventive ice cream flavors, particularly among younger consumers.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2026
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“Ice-cream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice-cream. Accessed 15 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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