A smooth, barely visible, and dangerously slippery film of ice, usually over a dark surface, such as rock or pavement.

(uncountable) A dessert made from frozen sweetened cream or a similar substance, usually flavoured. / (countable) A portion of ice cream on a stick, in a cup or in a wafer cone.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ice, cube. / Any small piece of ice used for cooling drinks, larger than crushed ice, regardless of their shape.

Dated form of ice cream.

A form of hockey played on an ice rink with a puck, rather than a ball.

(astronomy) An icy planetoid: an astronomical object, such as Pluto, Sedna or (for some authors) Ceres that is large enough to be a world and contains more ice than a typical asteroid.

To remove ice, as from the wings of an airplane.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, the, ice. / (idiomatic) To start to get to know people to avoid social awkwardness and formality. / (idiomatic) To introduce conversation.

(sciences) A period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence of major polar ice sheets that reach the ocean and calve icebergs.

A very pale blue colour.