ice in English: Water that has become hard and solid because it is very cold. (noun)

Translation

Water that has become hard and solid because it is very cold.

Word origin

From Old English is, the common Germanic word for frozen water.

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"Ice" is water that has become hard because of the cold.

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Here "ice" is one whole thing, so it has no plural.

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"Ice" here is the hard, slippery layer of frozen water.

snow

Soft white pieces of frozen water that fall from the sky when it is very cold.

water

The clear liquid that falls as rain and that people and animals drink to live.

cold

Having a low temperature, or not warm.

heat

The quality of being hot, or the warm feeling that comes from the sun, a fire, or a warm place.

rain

Water that falls from clouds in the sky in small drops.

freeze

To become hard and cold like ice; or to make something do this.

winter

The coldest season of the year, when the days are short and it often snows.

melt

To change from something hard into a liquid when it gets warm, the way ice turns to water.

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