ice block
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“We went to the fish room with a bucket or a sack and you put an ice block in… you put it on the stove… and the guys would make coffee with it.”
From BBC • Aug. 18, 2024
Serve the punch in half batches, refilling the bowl and even adding a fresh ice block as needed throughout the evening.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2022
A Tupperware container or cereal bowl can create a good-size ice block.
From Washington Post • Oct. 17, 2019
It’s a breathing tube that snakes through a backpack, so that inhalations are far from the ice block formed by the melting power of exhalations.
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2017
As soon as Nathan sang the first chorus, the ice block melted into a wide pool.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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