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Definition of Ice cream

1. Noun. Frozen dessert containing cream and sugar and flavoring.

Definition of Ice cream

1. Noun. A dessert made from frozen sweetened cream or a similar substance, usually flavoured. ¹

2. Noun. A snack consisting of ice cream on a stick or in a wafer cone. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Ice cream

1. A frozen dairy food made from cream or butterfat, milk, sugar, and flavorings. Frozen custard and french-type ice creams also contain eggs. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ice Cream

Literary usage of Ice cream

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1917)
"The main objection urged is this: To require that ice cream, in order to be legally salable, must contain some butter fat, is a regulation so unreasonable ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"On the other hand, in catering establishments, where small lots of fancy creams are made, and in the family kitchen, the ice-cream mixture is frequently ..."

3. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1852)
"Within this vessel containing the liquids or materials of which the ice cream is to be formed, is placed, and the interval between tke two packed with ice ..."

4. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1915)
"Vanilla ice-cream into which candled violet, pink rose petals, etc., ... Candy basket filled with peach ice-cream and covered with slivers of fresh fruits; ..."

5. Supplement ... to the Public Health Reports by United States Public Health Service (1921)
"No urinal, water-closet, or privy shall be located in a room u*?d for manufacturing or keeping ice cream, or so situated as to pollute the atmosphere of ..."

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