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astronaut ice cream

astronaut ice cream noun: ice cream that has had most of the water removed from it by a freeze-drying process and been sealed in a pouch, and requires no refrigeration.

Noun

astronaut ice cream (uncountable)

  1. Ice cream that has had most of the water removed from it by a freeze-drying process and been sealed in a pouch, and requires no refrigeration.
    Synonyms:
    space ice cream

Synonyms of astronaut ice cream

Origin of astronaut ice cream

It was developed for NASA's Apollo space missions (but never actually taken into space).

Questions about astronaut ice cream

What does astronaut ice cream mean?
Astronaut ice cream means ice cream that has had most of the water removed from it by a freeze-drying process and been sealed in a pouch, and requires no refrigeration.
What part of speech is astronaut ice cream?
Astronaut ice cream is a noun.

Words near astronaut ice cream in the dictionary

  1. astromythology
  2. astromyxin
  3. ASTRON
  4. astron.
  5. astronaut
  6. astronaut ice cream
  7. astronaut maneuvering unit
  8. astronaut maneuvering units
  9. astronaut propulsion unit
  10. astronaut propulsion units
  11. astronautess

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