Phrase guide

ice cube

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any small piece of ice used for cooling drinks, larger than crushed ice, and regardless of their shape.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The new freezer in our kitchen makes round ice cubes!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ice, cube.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a small cube of artificial ice; used for cooling drinks

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cube, square block

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُكَعَّبُ ثَلْجٍ (mukaʕʕabu ṯaljin) — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Basque: izotz-koskor — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Catalan: glaçó — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Chinese Mandarin: 冰塊 /冰块 (bīngkuài) — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Min Nan Chinese: 冰角 (peng-kak) — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Danish: isterning — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Dutch: ijsklontje — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Esperanto: glacibloketo — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Esperanto: glacikubo — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Faroese: ísterningur — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Finnish: jääpala — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Finnish: jääkuutio — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • French: glaçon — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • French: cube de glace — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Galician: cubo de xeo — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • German: Eiswürfel — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Greek: παγάκι (pagáki) — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Hungarian: jégkocka — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Icelandic: klaki — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Icelandic: ísmoli — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Indonesian: es batu — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Italian: cubetto di ghiaccio — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Japanese: クラッシュドアイス (kurasshudo aisu) — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Japanese: アイスキューブ (aisu kyūbu) — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Khmer: ដុំទឹកកក (dom tɨk kɑɑk) — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Korean: 각얼음 (gageoreum) — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Latin: cubus glaciei — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Macedonian: коцка мраз (kocka mraz) — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Malay: kiub ais — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Norwegian Bokmål: isbit — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Norwegian Bokmål: isterning — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: isbit — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: isterning — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Polish: kostka lodu — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Portuguese: cubo de gelo — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Russian: ку́бик льда́ (kúbik lʹdá) — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Spanish: cubito de hielo — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Spanish: cubo de hielo — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Spanish: hielo — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Spanish: cubito — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Swedish: isbit — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Swedish: iskub — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Turkish: buz küpü — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • Vietnamese: (cục) đá lạnh — small piece of ice used for cooling drinks