ICE

Federal deportation agency

Ice is frozen water, the solid state that forms at or below 32°F.

The word extends to anything resembling it: dry ice, ice cream, diamond jewelry (slang).

To ice is to cover with icing, to chill with ice, or in slang, to kill.

The cake needs icing.

They iced the champagne.

On ice means postponed or held in reserve.

To break the ice is to ease initial awkwardness.

ICE in capitals is U.S.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

frozen

cube

Six-squared-faced solid

freeze · crystal · cold · sleet · hail · permafrost · floe · sheet · cap · berg

slang

diamonds

Precious crystallized carbon

  • jewelryOrnamental personal accessories
  • blingShowy expensive jewelry
  • chainsLinked metal restraints

watch · necklace · bracelet · earrings · pendant · ring · carat · sparkle · drip · flex

methamphetamine

crystal

Ordered-atom solid

  • methIllegal amphetamine variant
  • drugsTherapeutic chemical compounds
  • addictionCompulsive substance reliance

stimulant · illegal · substance · pipe · dealer · narcotics · trafficking · abuse · withdrawal · overdose

hockey

rink

Enclosed skating surface

  • puckHockey's rubber projectile
  • skateGliding boot or flatfish
  • NHLPro hockey organization

Zamboni · arena · hockey · face-off · goalie · slap shot · penalty · boards · crease · blue line

dessert

cream

Rich milk fat

sundae · cone · scoop · parfait · kulfi · mochi · shaved · granita · semifreddo · sherbet

cooling

cubes

Equal-sided solid blocks

drinks · cocktail · crushed · tray · machine · dispenser · chest · bath · box · pack

kill

assassinate

Murder a prominent figure

  • eliminateRemove completely
  • murderDeliberate unlawful killing
  • hitSuccessful contact or strike

slang · mob · gangster · contract · target · whack · execute · silence · rub out

Categories
Opposites
temperature/physical state

ICEfire

Combustion with flames

steam · flame · boiling water · heat · lava

emotional demeanor

ICEwarmth

Heat you feel

fire · passion · heat · friendliness · cordiality

AGENCY/ORGANIZATION (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

ICEsanctuary movement

Religious protection of refugees

ACLU · sanctuary cities · immigration lawyers · border patrol

Phrases
Family

iced, iceberg, icecap, icebox, icebreaker, deice, deicer

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Negative · Rated PG