"Ice" meaning in English

See Ice in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Ices [plural]
Head templates: {{en-prop|~}} Ice (countable and uncountable, plural Ices)
  1. A surname. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Ice-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  2. Alternative letter-case form of ICE. Tags: alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: ICE
    Sense id: en-Ice-en-name-Ke5C9jWz
  3. (US, Antarctica, often with "the") Antarctica. Tags: US, countable, often, uncountable, with-definite-article
    Sense id: en-Ice-en-name-QK5ykcdx Categories (other): American English, Antarctic English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 25 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 10 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 9 76

Inflected forms

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