dry ice

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [drahy ahys]
- /draɪ aɪs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [drahy ahys]
- /draɪ aɪs/

Definitions of dry ice words

noun dry ice CO2: used for refrigeration 1
noun dry ice artificial smoke effect 1
uncountable noun dry ice Dry ice is a form of solid carbon dioxide that is used to keep things cold and to create smoke in stage shows. 0
noun dry ice solid carbon dioxide, which sublimes at –78.5°C: used as a refrigerant, and to create billows of smoke in stage shows 0
noun dry ice carbon dioxide solidified and compressed into snowlike cakes that vaporize at -78.5°C without passing through a liquid state: used as a refrigerant 0
noun dry ice Carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state, used especially as a cooling agent and for the production of fog-like special effects. It sublimes at -78.5°C (-109.3°F) at normal atmospheric pressure. 0

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dry ice popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 67% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for dry ice

noun dry ice

floe — Also called ice floe. a sheet of floating ice, chiefly on the surface of the sea, smaller than an ice field.
floes — Also called ice floe. a sheet of floating ice, chiefly on the surface of the sea, smaller than an ice field.
hailstone — a pellet of hail.
ice — the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
ice cube — a small cube of ice, as one made in a special tray in the freezing compartment of a refrigerator or by an ice-making machine.

All 8 Synonyms of dry ice