icicle
noun
ici·cle
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Definition of icicle
1
: a pendent mass of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water
2
: an emotionally cold person
3
: a long narrow strip (as of foil) used to decorate a Christmas tree
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Examples of icicle in a Sentence
his wife is such an icicle you're lucky to get so much as a greeting from her
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The winning color: an icy, pale blue that conjures images of icicles and crisp winter days, aptly named Frozen. — Elizabeth Mayhew, Twin Cities, "Surfboard Yellow, Gentleman’s Gray, Mizzle: How do paint companies name their hues?," 6 July 2019 The winning color: an icy, pale blue that conjures images of icicles and crisp winter days, aptly named Frozen. — Elizabeth Mayhew, Twin Cities, "Surfboard Yellow, Gentleman’s Gray, Mizzle: How do paint companies name their hues?," 6 July 2019 The winning color: an icy, pale blue that conjures images of icicles and crisp winter days, aptly named Frozen. — Elizabeth Mayhew, Twin Cities, "Surfboard Yellow, Gentleman’s Gray, Mizzle: How do paint companies name their hues?," 6 July 2019 In the viewfinder, the neons are beaming, focused properly, faux icicles hanging over the letters. — Michelle Tea, Harper's magazine, "Stonewall at Fifty," 22 June 2019 The winning color: an icy, pale blue that conjures images of icicles and crisp winter days, aptly named Frozen. — Elizabeth Mayhew, Twin Cities, "Surfboard Yellow, Gentleman’s Gray, Mizzle: How do paint companies name their hues?," 6 July 2019 The winning color: an icy, pale blue that conjures images of icicles and crisp winter days, aptly named Frozen. — Elizabeth Mayhew, Washington Post, "Surfboard Yellow, Gentleman’s Gray, Mizzle: How do paint companies name their hues?," 25 June 2019 Orangutans at a zoo in Vienna, Austria, got buckets of water, lemurs in Rome, Italy, enjoyed fruit icicles and a polar bear took to a pool in Germany as much of Europe sweltered Tuesday in a summer heat wave. — Washington Post, "As Europe deals with heat wave, zoos help their animals keep cool," 25 June 2019 The icicles that had for years stretched all the way to the ground disappeared. — Anchorage Daily News, "Repairs to downtown Anchorage church snowball after additional damage is found," 13 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'icicle.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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icicle
noun
English Language Learners Definition of icicle
: a hanging piece of ice formed when water freezes as it drips down from something (such as a roof)
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icicle
noun
ici·cle
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Kids Definition of icicle
: a hanging piece of ice formed from dripping water as it freezes
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