ice-cold

Pronunciation: /ˈaɪskəʊld/

The English word “ice-cold” has 4 meanings listed here.

adjective

Very cold.
Of a person, look, or behavior: without emotion; distant; (sometimes) silently disapproving.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ice, cold: as cold as ice or nearly so (close to a freezing point).

noun

A cold serving of beer.

Etymology

From Middle English *is-cold, from Old English īsċeald; equivalent to ice + cold. Cognate with Saterland Frisian ieskoold (“ice-cold”), West Frisian iiskâld (“ice-cold”), Dutch ijskoud (“ice-cold”), Afrikaans yskoud (“ice-cold”), German Low German ieskold (“ice-cold”), German eiskalt (“ice-cold”), Yiddish אײַזקאַלט (ayzkalt, “ice-cold”), Danish iskold (“ice-cold”), Swedish iskall (“ice-cold”),…

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