variants or soft-serve
: a smooth semisolid ice cream that contains less milk fat than regular ice cream and is made in and dispensed from a freezer in which it is aerated and continuously churned
often used before another noun
soft-serve ice cream
a soft-serve machine

Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of soft serve was in 1955

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“Soft serve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soft%20serve. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

Kids Definition

soft-serve

noun
ˈsȯf(t)-ˌsərv
: smooth soft ice cream made in and dispensed from a freezer in which it is continuously churned
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