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ice cream

American  

noun

  1. a frozen food containing cream or milk and butterfat, sugar, flavoring, and sometimes eggs.

ice cream British  

noun

  1. a kind of sweetened frozen liquid, properly made from cream and egg yolks but often made from milk or a custard base, flavoured in various ways

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Etymology

Origin of ice cream

First recorded in 1735–45

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Waters said his two children won free ice cream and popcorn, cementing his family’s loyalty to the hometown chain.

From The Wall Street Journal

“When I looked at the guest list, I took off Ice Cube, Ice-T, Ice Spice. I don’t want no ice cream, I don’t want no ice in my drink.”

From Los Angeles Times

“A lot of it was catered toward only grabbing the attention of the child with a lot of ice cream and candy and sweets and high energy,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

"Gentle parenting doesn't mean giving your child all of the chocolate and ice cream in the shop," she says.

From BBC

The frosted glass case is full of bins of colorful ice cream.

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