WATER ICE

Pronunciation (US):

• 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.

• 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))