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Definition: Ice Water |
Ice WaterNoun1. Water served ice-cold or with ice. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Excitability | Staidness; Adjective: gravity, sobriety, Quakerism; philosophy, equanimity, stoicism, command of temper; self-possession, self-control, self-command, self-restraint, ice water in one's veins; presence of mind. |
Food | Wine, spirits, liqueur, beer, ale, malt liquor, Sir John Barleycorn, stingo, heavy wet; grog, toddy, flip, purl, punch, negus, cup, bishop, wassail; gin; (intoxicating liquor); coffee, chocolate, cocoa, tea, the cup that cheers but not inebriates; bock beer, lager beer, Pilsener beer, schenck beer; Brazil tea, cider, claret, ice water, mate, mint julep; near beer. beer, non-alcoholic beverage. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Ice Water |
| English words defined with "ice water": Ice pitcher. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ice water": cold-pressor test. (references) |
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Screenplays | See, the genius of it is you soak it in ice water for an hour so it holds its shape. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) Ice water. (Top Gun; writing credit: Ehud Yonay; Jim Cash) Ice water in 318? Is that so? (The Cocoanuts; writing credit: George S. Kaufman; Morrie Ryskind) | |
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Shown is a lab technician performing a step in the estrogen receptor assay test. She is seen with a test tube containing some frozen breast tissue, inserted in a beaker of ice water. She is readying the tube for mixing. The tube is being attached to the appropriate machinery. The technician, wearing rubber gloves and a white lab coat is not visible in all slides. This test determines whether antiestrogen drugs or removal of ovaries is likely to be the effective therapy. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). | ![]() | Soldier drinking ice water offered by skeleton. Credit: Library of Congress. | |
![]() | Republican presidential and vice-presidential candidates, Charles Evans Hughes and Charles Fairbanks in "G.O.P. promises" car leaking "ice water" get ready for race with Democratic counterparts, Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall in "Democratic perform. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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Expression using "ice water": ice water in one's veins. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
franchise ice water | 7 |
ice water dispenser | 4 |
dieting ice water | 4 |
factory ice water | 3 |
grace ice water | 3 |
age ice water | 3 |
ice water filter | 2 |
flavor ice water | 2 |
barrier ice water | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "ice water"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 氷水 (shaved ice). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "おりすい (shaved ice), "おりみず (shaved ice). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iceay aterway gua gelada. (various references) apã de la gheaţã. (various references) agua de hielo. (various references) isvatten. (various references) น้ำที่ใส่น้ำแข็ง. (various references) buzlu su, buz suyu. (various references) тала вода (melt-water), вода з льодом. (various references) nước ướp lạnh, nước đá tan ra nước pha nước đá. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-i-r-t-w" | |
-2 letters: cerate, cerite, create, ecarte, recite, tierce, waiter. | |
-3 letters: aerie, areic, arete, caret, carte, cater, ceria, citer, crate, eater, erect, erica, irate, react, recta, recti, retia, retie, rewet, tawer, tawie, terai, terce, trace, triac, trice, twice, twier, water, write. | |
-4 letters: acre, airt, awee, care, cart, cate, cere, cete, cire, cite, craw, crew, etic, ewer. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-i-r-t-w" | |
+3 letters: awestricken, kitchenware. | |
+4 letters: cartwheeling, kitchenwares. | |
+5 letters: caulifloweret. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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