: a sweet flavored frozen food containing cream or butterfat and usually eggs
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Noun
What flavor of ice cream do you like?
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Katherine Polcari, Southern Living, 29 May 2025
Sanders: Poor guy with the ice-cream cone was going to be crossing the street in Honolulu.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 May 2025
Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 June 2025
The banana ice cream is made with chunks of banana ripened to the perfect state, as are their in season strawberry and blueberry ice creams.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 7 June 2025
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Adjective
But there's something extra special about the shops and ice-cream parlors that nod to those that came before them.
—Katherine Polcari, Southern Living, 29 May 2025
Sanders: Poor guy with the ice-cream cone was going to be crossing the street in Honolulu.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 May 2025
Noun
Cover the ice cream with sliced strawberries and drizzle on a generous amount of the wine sauce.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 June 2025
The banana ice cream is made with chunks of banana ripened to the perfect state, as are their in season strawberry and blueberry ice creams.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 7 June 2025
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“Ice-cream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice-cream. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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ice cream
noun
(ˈ)ī-ˈskrēm 
ˈī-ˌskrēm
: a frozen food containing sweetened and flavored cream or butterfat
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