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Definition of Ice-cold
1. Adjective. As cold as ice.
Definition of Ice-cold
1. Adjective. As cold as ice; very cold. ¹
2. Adjective. Without emotion; distant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ice-cold
Literary usage of Ice-cold
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1902)
"Upon motion they decided first to experiment with ice cold storage, using natural
ice when it can be had—decided to build one ice cold storage building—and ..."
2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"The gelatinous precipitate was collected, washed with ice-cold ethyl acetate and
ether, ... DCC (1.07 g) was added with stirring to an ice-cold solution of ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Take measured quantities of the boiling and of the ice-cold water, and mix them
by trial until, tested by the hand, the mixture is found to have the same ..."
4. The elements of materia medica and therapeutics by Jonathan Pereira (1842)
"Ice, snow, and ice-cold water, are employed externally to obtain sometimes the
primary, at other times the secondary, effects of cold. a. ..."
5. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1890)
"636, where it says : "Gone, too, with the opening of a new road is the St.
Lawrence's Well of ice-cold water, of which thirsty travellers drank. ..."
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