Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ice drop

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.69 in modern English

Syllables: ice -drop
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Frozen fruit juice, flavored sugar water or the like, on a stick, of a size to be one serving; a popsicle.

noun

The small vesicles, filled with fluid, occurring on the stems and leaves of certain plants of the family Aizoaceae.

Dated; Obsolete

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ice, drop.; a drop of ice.

Example Sentences

"Envorcing regulations regarding approval of applications for license to operate ice drop factories and sale of ice drops"
"Papa also “conscripted” a new “army” of ice cream and ice drop ambulant peddlers."
"The cuticle of a plum, and of some other fruits, has a kind of powder upon it; and the cuticle of the ice-plant has on it a number of little clear spots, which look like ice-drops."
"But then, as it were on a ſudden, the face of nature is changed; for though a little before, water thrown up in the air would deſcend in ice drops, and any metal graſped faſt in one's hand would ſtick to the ſkin and make it bliſter,"
"Every needle of the drooping pine tassels is weighted with an ice drop."

Etymology

From ice + drop.

Usage

Inflected Forms

ice drops (plural)

Questions

What does ice drop mean?: Frozen fruit juice, flavored sugar water or the like, on a stick, of a size to be one serving; a popsicle.
Where does ice drop come from?: From ice + drop.

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