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ice kachang

ice kachang noun: a dessert made from crushed ice with syrup and jelly poured on top.

ice kachang: a dessert made from crushed ice with syrup and jelly poured on top
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Noun

ice kachang (uncountable)

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore) A dessert made from crushed ice with syrup and jelly poured on top.
    • ONE ICE KACHANG FIVE SPOONS PLEASE
    • Ice Kachang is something children in Singapore love, especially to cool off in the hot humid weather of Singapore. It is made up of ice shavings and boiled sweetened red beans and green jelly and sweet syrup drips on the mountain of ice shavings.2021 September 20, Suchitthra Shreiyaa Lakshmi Vasu, The Divine Awakening and Miracles, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN

Examples of ice kachang in a sentence

  • Another favourite is 'Ice Kachang' (a dessert made from ice shavings combined with various syrups and fruits).2007, June Meyer, Memories of Malaya, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 183:
  • One of Yip Li-Ching's favourite treats was the ice ball, a predecessor of ice kachang.2012 August 3, Jaime Koh, Singapore Children Society, Singapore Childhood, World Scientific, →ISBN, page 92:

Origin of ice kachang

From ice + Malay kacang (“red bean”), the latter spelled in pre-1972 spelling.

Questions about ice kachang

What does ice kachang mean?
Ice kachang means a dessert made from crushed ice with syrup and jelly poured on top.
How do you use ice kachang in a sentence?
Another favourite is 'Ice Kachang' (a dessert made from ice shavings combined with various syrups and fruits).
What part of speech is ice kachang?
Ice kachang is a noun.

Words near ice kachang in the dictionary

  1. ice IV
  2. ice IX
  3. ice jam
  4. ice jams
  5. ice kacang
  6. ice kachang
  7. ice kachangs
  8. ice lol
  9. ice lollies
  10. ice lolly
  11. ice lols

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