ice cream
ice cream — noun
1. a soft, sweet, very cold food that you eat for fun or after a meal, made by free
a soft, sweet, very cold food that you eat for fun or after a meal, made by freezing milk or cream with sugar and a taste such as chocolate or strawberry
Caleb bought two scoops of chocolate ice cream at the beach.
countable: scoops of ice cream
On hot summer days, the children always ask for ice cream.
uncountable: ask for ice cream
Naoko keeps a tub of vanilla ice cream in the freezer.
The ice cream melted before Sahil could finish it.
We had cake and ice cream at the birthday party.
- gelato
Italian-style ice cream, usually softer and with less air
- frozen yogurt
similar treat made from yogurt, often sold as a lighter option
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Often uncountable (ask for ice cream), but countable for single servings (two ice creams, an ice cream). Common units: a scoop, a tub, a cone of ice cream.