WATER ICE
Dictionary entry overview: What does water ice mean?
• WATER ICE (noun)
The noun WATER ICE has 2 senses:
1. water frozen in the solid state
2. an ice containing no milk
Familiarity information: WATER ICE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WATER ICE (noun)
Meaning:
Water frozen in the solid state
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
ice; water ice
Context example:
Americans like ice in their drinks
Hypernyms ("water ice" is a kind of...):
crystal (a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure)
Meronyms (substance of "water ice"):
H2O; water (binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "water ice"):
black ice (a thin coating of ice (as from freezing mist) on a road or sidewalk; nearly invisible but very hazardous)
frost; hoar; hoarfrost; rime (ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside))
hailstone (small pellet of ice that falls during a hailstorm)
icicle (a pendent spear of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water)
Holonyms ("water ice" is a substance of...):
ice cube (a small cube of artificial ice; used for cooling drinks)
glacier (a slowly moving mass of ice)
Meaning:
An ice containing no milk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("water ice" is a kind of...):
frappe; ice (a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk))
