: a sweet flavored frozen food containing cream or butterfat and usually eggs
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Noun
What flavor of ice cream do you like?
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2025
Brandes credits Gigi Campi, an Italian architect and jazz impresario who ran an ice-cream parlor in Cologne that doubled as a music venue, as having built an audience for jazz in the city.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
Jason Ogaard, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Oceanside brunches with the kids on the weekends, then to the sand to build sand castles or dig holes, then to the drive-through car wash and maybe some ice cream after.
—The Editors Of Ad, Architectural Digest, 7 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
Now an entertainment hub, Bricktown is anchored by the Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark (home to the Triple-A Oklahoma City Baseball Club) and a mile-long canal that’s lined with ice-cream shops, sports bars, and novelty stores.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2025
Brandes credits Gigi Campi, an Italian architect and jazz impresario who ran an ice-cream parlor in Cologne that doubled as a music venue, as having built an audience for jazz in the city.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
The ice cream machines at McDonald’s are notoriously picky and will stop working for a variety of reasons.
—Jason Ogaard, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Oceanside brunches with the kids on the weekends, then to the sand to build sand castles or dig holes, then to the drive-through car wash and maybe some ice cream after.
—The Editors Of Ad, Architectural Digest, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Ice-cream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice-cream. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.
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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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