as in clam
a cold aloof person his wife is such an icicle you're lucky to get so much as a greeting from her

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Recent Examples of icicle Another high point was snowshoeing in a forested canyon where a waterfall was all icicles. Fran Golden, AFAR Media, 28 Feb. 2025 At one point the path is flanked by rugged rock walls dripping with icicles that glisten in the sun. Jeanine Barone, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025 Snow lay white and shining over the pleated hills, and icicles hung from the forest trees. New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025 At one point the path is flanked by rugged rock walls dripping with icicles that glisten in the sun. Jeanine Barone, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for icicle
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Noun
  • And the animal phyla that have been with us, essentially unchanged, for all those years—the birds and mammals, clams and snails, spiders and insects—these are, to me, surviving embodiments of eternal return.
    Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
  • Animals like corals, oysters, clams and some types of plankton need carbonate to build their shells and skeletons.
    Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
Noun
  • Like icebergs, the top portion of an ant hill is just the beginning, and ant hills can extend several feet beneath the soil surface.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 May 2025
  • The beach gets its moniker from the icebergs that wash up on the black volcanic sand beach.
    Mariette Williams, AFAR Media, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Its data shows that a stick of 16GB DDR4 RAM can now reach $24, up from a mere $4.40 back in March.
    Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 27 June 2025
  • With selfie-takers increasingly seen as a risk, some art insurers are advocating for stricter protective measures, such as banning selfie sticks and reinforcing barriers around select artworks.
    Aurora Martínez, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Intimidated by the idea of going cold turkey for either?
    Alisa Hrustic, SELF, 24 June 2025
  • How Leaders Can Find Freedom Retirement shouldn’t be about just stopping everything cold turkey.
    Chad Willardson, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025

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“Icicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/icicle. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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