Meaning

(idiomatic, loosely) Very cold..

Definitions by Sense

1. (idiomatic, loosely) Very cold.
2. (figurative) Of a person, look, or behavior: without emotion; distant; (sometimes) silently disapproving.
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ice, cold: as cold as ice or nearly so (close to a freezing point).
4. (Australia, slang) A cold serving of beer.

Example Sentences

Near-synonyms: stone cold, cold as a well-digger's arse; see also Thesaurus:cold

I'm going to put my coat back on — I'm ice-cold again!

I don't know why she gave me an ice-cold look — I had thought that the topic of conversation was totally innocuous.

ice-cold beer here

It's best to serve this dessert while it's still ice-cold.

Now I'm sitting here Sipping on my ice-cold beer Lazing on a sunny afternoon.

When Tripp holds his red soda like it’s an ice-cold beer, it probably isn’t actually Mountain Dew Code Red, but it might as well be.

[…] to sink a few ice colds […]

Word Forms

• more ice-cold
• most ice-cold
• icecold
• ice cold
• ice-colds

Synonyms for ice-cold

Antonyms for ice-cold

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When Should You Use Ice-cold?

Use ice-cold when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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