Phrase guide
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noun
Tissue damage caused by direct skin contact with a cold surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
An icy road.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Japan, uncountable
Qualifier: non-native speakers' English
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History
From ice + burn.
Phono-semantic matching of Japanese アイスバーン (aisubān), from German Eisbahn (literally “ice road”).
