ICE


Meaning of ICE in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ thick

Is the ~ thick enough to walk on?

▪ thin ( often figurative )

You're skating on thin ~ ( = you're taking a risk ).

▪ melting

▪ crushed

The glass was filled with green liquid and crushed ~.

▪ black

Motorists have been warned about black ~ on the roads.

▪ pack , sea ( esp. BrE )

… OF ICE

▪ block , slab

The spray froze and formed great blocks of ~ on the front of the ship.

VERB + ICE

▪ form

ICE + VERB

▪ form

Ice had formed on the pond.

▪ crack , melt

The ~ was beginning to melt.

ICE + NOUN

▪ cube

▪ bucket

▪ water ( AmE ) ( iced water in BrE )

▪ skate

▪ dancing , skating

▪ show (= performed by skaters)

▪ rink

▪ hockey (usually just hockey in AmE )

▪ time (in ice hockey)

He averaged more than ten minutes of ~ time ( = playing ) per game.

▪ sculpture

▪ axe/ax , pick

▪ cap , field , floe , sheet , shelf

PREPOSITION

▪ on (the) ~

People were skating on the ~.

II.

verb

Ice is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ cake

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .