: a sweet flavored frozen food containing cream or butterfat and usually eggs
Examples of ice-cream in a Sentence
Noun
What flavor of ice cream do you like?
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Ella Gonzales
may 15, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026
Small children happily dash out of the local ice-cream shop, dripping cones in hand.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 6 May 2026
Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
The owners of popular local bakeries and ice cream shops announced their first new concept in seven years, several pizza restaurants received favorable reviews and more of this week’s happenings on the metro Atlanta restaurant scene.
—Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 23 May 2026
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Adjective
The balance could cover anything from an ice-cream flight to a year’s worth of ice cream.
—Ella Gonzales
may 15, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026
Small children happily dash out of the local ice-cream shop, dripping cones in hand.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 6 May 2026
Noun
There’s no better excuse than a dead freezer to demolish your ice cream supply.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
The owners of popular local bakeries and ice cream shops announced their first new concept in seven years, several pizza restaurants received favorable reviews and more of this week’s happenings on the metro Atlanta restaurant scene.
—Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 23 May 2026
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“Ice-cream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice-cream. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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ice cream
noun
(ˈ)ī-ˈskrēm 
ˈī-ˌskrēm
: a frozen food containing sweetened and flavored cream or butterfat
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