: 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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The coconut quadruple is a whole, fresh coconut filled with coconut slushy and topped with coconut ice-cream and coconut flakes.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Aug. 2025
Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Aug. 2025
Transfer mixture to the bowl of an electric ice cream maker.
—Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 29 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
Peter was eating ice-cream cake; kids chased one another across the lawn brandishing foam swords and squirt guns.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
The other Big Tex Choice Awards finalists Sipper finalists
The coconut quadruple is a whole, fresh coconut filled with coconut slushy and topped with coconut ice-cream and coconut flakes.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
The beach is still calling, as are the ice cream truck trips and backyard dinner parties.
—Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Aug. 2025
Transfer mixture to the bowl of an electric ice cream maker.
—Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Ice-cream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice-cream. Accessed 3 Sep. 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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