: a sweet flavored frozen food containing cream or butterfat and usually eggs
Examples of ice-cream in a Sentence
Noun
What flavor of ice cream do you like?
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Dasha Afanasieva, Fortune Europe, 16 May 2024
The film depicts one madcap night in 1980s New York for Griffin Dunne’s Paul Hackett, capturing the era’s art world, lofts, clubs, and dive bars (remember those?), not to mention angry mobs and a bloodthirsty ice-cream truck.
—David Coggins, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2024
Caffè Sorrento will take over the former Flour Child cakes and ice-cream sandwiches spot in a strip mall that includes Hooligan’s Pub and Flying Pie Pizzaria.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 11 Apr. 2024
In the restaurant’s gilded ice-cream parlor, diners availed themselves of eleven flavors, along with Irish coffee and lemon ice doused in vodka.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
Kulfi, which refers to an ice-cream adjacent dessert associated with celebration, aims to create a space for those not as represented in the beauty sphere with playful hues and quality products.
—Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 28 Mar. 2024
Friendly’s Restaurants was always considered a casual dining eatery, mostly in the Northeast, known for its signature ice-cream, sandwiches and burgers, a place to dine with family and friends.
—Gary Stern, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
The last weekend of the summer was Gretta Benson-Klein’s ice-cream social, an event to which the entire church was invited.
—Aryn Kyle, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
Betty Rae’s is adding a fourth location to its growing ice-cream empire.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2024
Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2024
After shoppers are finished picking up their kimchi and frog legs, an in-store ice cream shop called Frutopia waits on the other side of the cash registers.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2024
The treat includes an allergen warning: the ice cream includes milk, the butterscotch crumbles have nonfat dry milk and whole milk powder, and the butterscotch syrup has nonfat dry milk, too.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
Vacant buildings are transitioned into seasonal ice cream shops found on every block.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 21 May 2024
As a 13-year-old, and without a driver’s license, Ivan drove an ice cream truck for nickels and dimes.
—Leslie Wayne, New York Times, 20 May 2024
The Department of Agriculture earlier in the month issued a public health alert due to worries raw pork chorizo products might be contaminated with hard plastic and metal, and H-E-B last month recalled ice cream due to potential metal fragments in cups of Creamy Creations.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 20 May 2024
Season 3 ofThe Bear may be back soon, but one ice cream sundae from season 2 is still on our minds.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 17 May 2024
Go ahead and make it for one, two, or just a few—ice cream pies keep well in the freezer (go figure!).
—Wini Moranville, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2024
Adjective
However, its Russian ice-cream division, which has net assets of around €600 million, including four factories, won’t form part of that process as it is ring-fenced from the rest of the company, a spokesperson said Thursday.
—Dasha Afanasieva, Fortune Europe, 16 May 2024
The film depicts one madcap night in 1980s New York for Griffin Dunne’s Paul Hackett, capturing the era’s art world, lofts, clubs, and dive bars (remember those?), not to mention angry mobs and a bloodthirsty ice-cream truck.
—David Coggins, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2024
Caffè Sorrento will take over the former Flour Child cakes and ice-cream sandwiches spot in a strip mall that includes Hooligan’s Pub and Flying Pie Pizzaria.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 11 Apr. 2024
In the restaurant’s gilded ice-cream parlor, diners availed themselves of eleven flavors, along with Irish coffee and lemon ice doused in vodka.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
Kulfi, which refers to an ice-cream adjacent dessert associated with celebration, aims to create a space for those not as represented in the beauty sphere with playful hues and quality products.
—Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 28 Mar. 2024
Friendly’s Restaurants was always considered a casual dining eatery, mostly in the Northeast, known for its signature ice-cream, sandwiches and burgers, a place to dine with family and friends.
—Gary Stern, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
The last weekend of the summer was Gretta Benson-Klein’s ice-cream social, an event to which the entire church was invited.
—Aryn Kyle, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
Betty Rae’s is adding a fourth location to its growing ice-cream empire.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2024
Noun
New this year is a strawberry ice cream eating contest sponsored by Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream slated for 1:30 p.m., and San Diego’s major league soccer team, San Diego FC, will be at the Contest Stage offering soccer activities, contests, and merchandise.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2024
After shoppers are finished picking up their kimchi and frog legs, an in-store ice cream shop called Frutopia waits on the other side of the cash registers.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2024
The treat includes an allergen warning: the ice cream includes milk, the butterscotch crumbles have nonfat dry milk and whole milk powder, and the butterscotch syrup has nonfat dry milk, too.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
Vacant buildings are transitioned into seasonal ice cream shops found on every block.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 21 May 2024
As a 13-year-old, and without a driver’s license, Ivan drove an ice cream truck for nickels and dimes.
—Leslie Wayne, New York Times, 20 May 2024
The Department of Agriculture earlier in the month issued a public health alert due to worries raw pork chorizo products might be contaminated with hard plastic and metal, and H-E-B last month recalled ice cream due to potential metal fragments in cups of Creamy Creations.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 20 May 2024
Season 3 ofThe Bear may be back soon, but one ice cream sundae from season 2 is still on our minds.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 17 May 2024
Go ahead and make it for one, two, or just a few—ice cream pies keep well in the freezer (go figure!).
—Wini Moranville, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2024
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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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