: extremely cold

Examples of ice-cold in a Sentence

ice-cold hands from hours spent shoveling snow
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Consuming Cold Food and Beverages The simplest ice hack for weight loss is drinking ice-cold beverages (especially water), placing ice in your drinks, or consuming food that’s cold (rather than hot or room temperature). Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 22 Jan. 2025 Here are 10 books that feel ice-cold from the first page. Calum Marsh, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025 The Timberwolves looked to be rounding a corner after Anthony Edwards’ ice-cold game-winner in Houston. Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025 Fans of Paths of Exile 2 have broken down every suspicious moment from the stream, on Reddit (delivered in ice-cold bullet point format) and YouTube (most notably by New Zealand streamer Quin69TV). Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 14 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for ice-cold 

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ice-cold was before the 12th century

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“Ice-cold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice-cold. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

ice-cold

adjective
ˈī-ˈskōld
: very cold

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