dry ice

noun

: solidified carbon dioxide

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Icy Mars Clouds Mars clouds are typically made of water-ice or frozen carbon dioxide, also known as dry ice. Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 The abrupt shift can be quite violent, as both dry ice (composed of carbon dioxide) and regular ice (made of water) become much weaker and begin to break. Meredith Garofalo, Space.com, 6 Jan. 2025 Robert knows of people who have forced their own impairments—via acids, ethanol shots, and most often by a method involving prolonged immersion of the unwanted limb in dry ice until necrosis sets in and a surgeon is forced to amputate. Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023 Its pasties are shipped frozen with dry ice to most of the U.S. Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 15 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for dry ice 

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of dry ice was in 1925

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“Dry ice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dry%20ice. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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dry ice

noun
: solid carbon dioxide

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