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ice

noun

1 the lake was covered with ice:

frozen water;

icicle, iceberg, glacier;

black ice, glaze, verglas, frost, rime.

2 assorted ices:

ice cream;

sorbet, water ice;

North American sherbet.

3 the ice in her voice had no effect on him:

coldness, coolness, frost, frostiness, iciness, chilliness, glaciality, frigidity, lack of warmth;

hostility, unfriendliness, stiffness, distance, stand-offishness, aloofness.

□ on ice

informal

Govan's transfer to the City team was still on ice last night:

in abeyance, pending, ongoing, (up) in the air, (still) open, hanging fire, in the balance;

in suspension, in a state of suspension, suspended, put to one side, in a state of uncertainty, in limbo, in no man's land, betwixt and between;

deferred, postponed, put off;

awaiting attention, awaiting decision, awaiting action, unattended to, outstanding, unfinished, incomplete;

unresolved, undetermined, undecided, unsettled, unconcluded, uncertain;

informal on the back burner, in cold storage.

▷antonyms in hand.

□ with ice

would you like your Scotch with ice?:

informal on the rocks.

verb

1 the lake has iced over:

freeze, freeze over, turn into ice, harden, solidify;

archaic glaciate.

▷antonyms thaw.

2 she had iced the cake and written ‘Good Luck’ on it:

cover with icing, glaze;

North American frost.

word links	ice
gelid, glacial relating to ice cryophobia fear of ice

ice Oxford Dictionary of English