cream ice

noun

, British.

1. ice cream.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cream ice¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

Yet it set the course for a modern approach to vegan dairy that we now can take for granted, like using nuts and coconut as bases for mayonnaise, cream sauce, sour cream, ice cream, and creme fraiche.

From Salon

A more sophisticated version of cookies and cream ice cream, but just as delicious.

From Salon

It’s just a list of guesses ventured by contestants on “Family Feud,” arranged, most ingeniously, in alphabetical order by their second letter, so you get sequences like this: “A bra. Abraham Lincoln. A building. Scaffolding. Scalpel. A car. A card game. A cat. A cat. Ice cream. Ice cream. Ice cream. Ice cream.”

From New York Times

Food and Drug Administration about ice cream: "Ice cream contains not less than 1.6 pounds of total solids to the gallon, and weighs not less than 4.5 pounds to the gallon. Ice cream contains not less than 10 percent milkfat, nor less than 10 percent nonfat milk solids, except that when it contains milkfat at one percent increments above the 10 percent minimum."

From Salon

Serve with either cream, ice cream or custard.

From Fox News