Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ice kachang

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ice kachang
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dessert made from crushed ice with syrup and jelly poured on top.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"ONE ICE KACHANG FIVE SPOONS PLEASE Ice Kachang is something children in Singapore love, especially to cool off in the hot humid weather of Singapore. It is made up of ice shavings and boiled sweetened red beans and green jelly and sweet syrup drips on the mountain of ice shavings."
"Another favourite is 'Ice Kachang' (a dessert made from ice shavings combined with various syrups and fruits). The ice kachang man would wait outside schools with his push cart and the contraption which could shave the ice blocks."
"One of Yip Li-Ching's favourite treats was the ice ball, a predecessor of ice kachang. Made of shaved ice moulded into the shape of a ball and drizzled with syrups of different flavours, children in the 1950s and 1960s loved the ice ball."

Etymology

From ice + Malay kacang (“red bean”), the latter spelled in pre-1972 spelling.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does ice kachang mean?: A dessert made from crushed ice with syrup and jelly poured on top.
Where does ice kachang come from?: From ice + Malay kacang (“red bean”), the latter spelled in pre-1972 spelling.

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