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ICE CUBE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ice cube mean?
• ICE CUBE (noun)
The noun ICE CUBE has 1 sense:
1. a small cube of artificial ice; used for cooling drinks
Familiarity information: ICE CUBE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small cube of artificial ice; used for cooling drinks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("ice cube" is a kind of...):
cube; square block (a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube)
Meronyms (substance of "ice cube"):
Context examples
Someone chokes on an ice cube or gets stung by a bee.
(First Aid, NIH)
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