ice cream

a frozen food containing cream or milk and butterfat, sugar, flavoring, and sometimes eggs.

Origin of ice cream

First recorded in 1735–45

ice cream sherbet sorbet

George Washington paid almost $200—a ton of money at the time—for ice-cream equipment and recipes in 1790.

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Puddings were treats for birthdays and special occasions: chocolate cake, or jelly and ice-cream.

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At the end of the film, Lane shows Ehrlichman as an ice-cream pitchman, wise-cracking that he knows all about meltdowns.

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The sentiment was echoed by Saleh as he sat inside the Turkish ice-cream shop.

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I saw a girl in a fluttery dress at an ice-cream stand, hugging a woman in a pantsuit—her mom.

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In that case do set down that ice-cream, for you are spilling it over everything.

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I suppose you think the way to make love to a girl is to give her an ice-cream soda once a month.

The Rosie World |Parker Fillmore
Of course the ice-cream melted, but it was nice to drink afterwards, and there was a lot of salad and cake and rolls.

The Debtor |Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
The word "ice-cream" was no sooner whispered than it passed from one to another all down the tables.

Elsie Venner |Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Snowball had come to the house to borrow the Merriams' ice-cream freezer.

Missy |Dana Gatlin

ice cream

a kind of sweetened frozen liquid, properly made from cream and egg yolks but often made from milk or a custard base, flavoured in various ways