ice-cream

1 of 2

adjective

ˌīs-ˈkrēm 

ˈīs-ˌkrēm

: of a color similar to that of vanilla ice cream

ice cream

2 of 2

noun

ˌīs-ˈkrēm 

ˈīs-ˌkrēm

: 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?

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Think an old-fashioned soda shop and ice-cream parlor, with red-vinyl booths and a jukebox for throwing on some oldies. — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 11 June 2026

Even Van Leeuwen, a trailblazer of the fancy-ice-cream movement, has put it on tap. — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 28 June 2026

Noun

At Westborn Car Wash, Turfe delivers cold drinks and ice cream to his workers. — Veronica Ortega, CBS News, 1 July 2026

During Prohibition, breweries tried their best to stay in business by switching to making nonalcoholic beer, soda, malt syrup and even ice cream and other dairy products. — Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 2 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1874, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1743, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for ice-cream

• academe
• cherubim
• elohim
• episteme
• seraphim
• abeam
• airstream
• bloodstream
• daydream
• downstream
• esteem
• extreme

Kids Definition

ice cream

noun

(ˈ)ī-ˈskrēm 

ˈī-ˌskrēm

: a frozen food containing sweetened and flavored cream or butterfat