Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nice cream

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.55 in modern English

Syllables: nice cream
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various nondairy ice cream substitutes.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Nice cream, on the other hand, is almost entirely frozen fruit with only a few tablespoons of liquid. This difference in the solid food to liquid ratio between a standard smoothie and nice cream is why you need two different tools."
"I’ve tried several methods for making nice cream, and time and again my high-speed blender leaves me with the smoothest, most evenly blended results."
"This nice cream is a good basic recipe from which to create all sorts of delicious nice creams (see the short cuts below)."

Etymology

Based on ice cream, by replacing ice with similar-sounding nice.

Usage

Inflected Forms

nice creams (plural)

Questions

What does nice cream mean?: Any of various nondairy ice cream substitutes.
Where does nice cream come from?: Based on ice cream, by replacing ice with similar-sounding nice.

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