ice cream

noun

1. a frozen food containing cream or milk and butterfat, sugar, flavoring, and sometimes eggs.

ice cream

noun

1. a kind of sweetened frozen liquid, properly made from cream and egg yolks but often made from milk or a custard base, flavoured in various ways

Word History and Origins

Origin of ice cream¹

First recorded in 1735–45

Example Sentences

I love its versatility – you can prepare it hot or cold and turn it into mousse or ice cream.

From Salon

Lately, rather than the typical sit-down meals, she’s been hosting things like an ice cream social at Echo Park’s Fluffy McCloud’s, and she’s currently brainstorming a cooking competition-inspired dinner.

From Los Angeles Times

It would spread to a nearby tobacco warehouse, an ice cream factory and the Harland and Wolff engine factory.

From BBC

I know you mainlined cigarette after cigarette, I know you drank melted ice cream like a sleeping potion, I know you wept so much that you could drown in a self-made sea.

From Slate

The pizza toppings at mayoral forums have been chosen with RCV, as has the gourmet ice cream at other forums provided by the local favorite Jeni’s.

From Salon

Related Words

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