ice cream
/ˈaɪs.kɹiːm//ˌaɪsˈkɹiːm/
ice cream noun: a dessert made from frozen sweetened cream or a similar substance, usually flavoured.
Noun
ice cream (countable and uncountable, plural ice creams)
- A dessert made from frozen sweetened cream or a similar substance, usually flavoured.
- Strawberries are particularly delicious with ice cream.
- We were having chocolate ice cream.
- Synonyms:
- iced cream, frozen cow juice
- A portion of ice cream on a stick, in a cup or in a wafer cone.
- Can I have some money for an ice cream, Mum?
- Synonyms:
- cone, cornet, ice cream cone, ice-cream cornet
- The drug methamphetamine.
ice cream meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
ice cream in Hindi
- dessert
- आइसक्रीम āiskrīm, हिममलाई himamlāī, मलाईबर्फ़ malāībarf
ice cream in Tamil
- dessert
- ஐஸ் கிரீம் ais kirīm, குளிர்களி kuḷirkaḷi, பனிக்கூழ் paṉikkūḻ
ice cream in Marathi
- dessert
- आइस्क्रीम āiskrīm
ice cream in Urdu
- dessert
- آئِس کِرِیم āis kirīm
More languagesFewer languages
- ice cream in Bengali
- আইসক্রীম aiśokrim, মালাই বরফ malai boroph
- ice cream in Telugu
- ఐస్ క్రీమ్ ais krīm
- ice cream in Malayalam
- ഐസ്ക്രീം aiskrīṁ
- ice cream in Kannada
- ಐಸ್ ಕ್ರೀಮ್ ais krīm
- ice cream in Punjabi
- ਆਈਸ ਕਰੀਮ āīsa karīm
- ice cream in Gujarati
- કુલ્ફેમલાઈ kulphemlāī, દૂધઠાર dūdhṭhār
- ice cream in Odia
- ଆଇସ୍କ୍ରିମ āiskrima
- ice cream in Sanskrit
- पयोहिम payohima
- ice cream in Sinhala
- අයිස් ක්රීම් ayis krīm
- ice cream in Assamese
- আইচক্ৰিম aisokrim
- ice cream in Pashto
- سړوپۍ saṛopǝy, شېريخ širyax
- ice cream in Tagalog
- sorbetes, ayskrim
- ice cream in Arabic
- بُوظَة būẓa, آيْس كِرِيم ʔāys kirīm, مُثَلَّجَات f pl جِيلَاتِيّ muṯallajāt, دُنْدُرْمَة dundurma
- ice cream in Malay
- aiskrim
- ice cream in Indonesian
- es krim, rumes
- ice cream in Thai
- ไอศกรีม ai-sà-griim, ไอติม ai-dtim
- ice cream in Vietnamese
- kem
- ice cream in Myanmar
- ရေခဲမုန့် rehkai:mun.
Synonyms of ice cream
Forms of ice cream
| plural | ice creams |
|---|---|
| alternative form | ice-cream |
| alternative form | icecream |
Origin of ice cream
Lexicalization of a reduced pronunciation of iced cream with regular deletion of -d before a cluster, from iced + cream. Compare mash potato.
Words formed from ice cream
- astronaut ice cream
- dirty ice cream
- Eskimo ice cream
- French ice cream
- harlequin ice cream
- ice cream bar
- ice-cream bean
- ice creamer
- ice creamery
- ice cream float
- ice cream hair
- ice cream headache
- ice-cream
- ice cream chair
- ice-cream cone
- ice-cream parlor
- ice cream parlour
- ice cream social
- ice cream soda
- ice cream maker
- ice cream pop
- ice cream sandwich
- ice cream scoop
- ice cream shop
- ice cream soup
- ice-cream suit
- ice cream sundae
- ice cream truck
- ice cream van
- ice-creamy
- potong ice cream
- rolled ice cream
- space ice cream
- stir-fried ice cream
Words that rhyme with ice cream
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- upstream
- deem
- dream
- scream
- team
- academe
- bream
- downstream
- esteem
- forebeam
- supreme
- teem
- A team
- under one's own steam
- abeam
- addeem
- astream
- beseem
- centime
- decime
- deme
- fleam
- inseam
- Karim
- preem
- rheme
- seem
- agleam
- breme
- buffer beam
- distream
- foredream
- haem
- heme
- Kareem
- kilim
- leam
- leme
- let off steam
- meem
- misesteem
- misseem
- neem
- on stream
- prime
- redream
- reem
- reim
Questions about ice cream
- What does ice cream mean?
- Ice cream means a dessert made from frozen sweetened cream or a similar substance, usually flavoured.
- What is ice cream in Hindi?
- Ice cream in Hindi is आइसक्रीम (āiskrīm), हिममलाई (himamlāī), मलाईबर्फ़ (malāībarf). See Ice cream meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ice cream?
- Ice cream is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ice cream?
- Ice cream is pronounced /ˌaɪsˈkɹiːm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of ice cream?
- The plural of ice cream is ice creams.
Words near ice cream in the dictionary
Source and license
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