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dry ice

/dɹaɪˈaɪs/

dry ice noun: carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state, which sublimes at −78.5 °C (−109.3 °F) at normal atmospheric pressure, used especially as a cooling agent and for the production of foglike special effects.

Noun

dry ice (uncountable)

  1. Carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state, which sublimes at −78.5 °C (−109.3 °F) at normal atmospheric pressure, used especially as a cooling agent and for the production of foglike special effects.
    • Two women were found unresponsive in a car along with the likely culprit – four coolers of dry ice – Friday morning in Pierce County, Washington, CNN affiliate KOMO reports.2018 August 1, Michael Nedelman, “Ice cream salesman’s wife and mother suffocated by dry ice in car”, in CNN

dry ice meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati and Malay

dry ice in Hindi

carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state
सूखी बर्फ sūkhī barph

dry ice in Tamil

carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state
ஈரமில்பனிக்கட்டி īramilpaṉikkaṭṭi

dry ice in Gujarati

carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state
શુષ્ક બરફ śuṣk baraph

dry ice in Malay

carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state
ais kering
More languagesFewer languages
dry ice in Indonesian
es biang
dry ice in Thai
น้ำแข็งแห้ง nám-kɛ̌ng-hɛ̂ɛng
dry ice in Vietnamese
đá khô

Synonyms of dry ice

Origin of dry ice

A genericized trademark of the DryIce Corporation of America.

Questions about dry ice

What does dry ice mean?
Dry ice means carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state, which sublimes at −78.5 °C (−109.3 °F) at normal atmospheric pressure, used especially as a cooling agent and for the production of foglike special effects.
What is dry ice in Hindi?
Dry ice in Hindi is सूखी बर्फ (sūkhī barph). See Dry ice meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is dry ice?
Dry ice is a noun.
How do you pronounce dry ice?
Dry ice is pronounced /dɹaɪˈaɪs/.

Words near dry ice in the dictionary

  1. dry humped
  2. dry humping
  3. dry humps
  4. dry hydrant
  5. dry hydrants
  6. dry ice
  7. Dry January
  8. dry jogger
  9. dry joggers
  10. dry lab
  11. dry labbed

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