ice chips
Cold crunchy fragments
Ice chips are small fragments of ice, typically irregular pieces rather than uniform cubes.
In medical settings, ice chips are given to patients who cannot drink fluids normally—after surgery or during labor—allowing them to moisten their mouths without swallowing liquid: The nurse brought her a cup of ice chips.
Ice chips also appear in drinks and food preparation.
- crushedCompressed into fragments
- frozenSolidified by extreme cold
- sliversThin, sharp fragments
- cubesEqual-sided solid blocks
- shardsBroken fragments of brittle material
cold · cold compress · melt · crunch · hospital · labor and delivery · hydration · water intake · dry mouth · sore throat · suck · refreshing · frost · slush · cooler · splinters · glacial · thirst
- Convalescent Foodsbroth, chicken soup, beef broth, bone broth, gruel
- ice types
- Fever Careacetaminophen, aspirin, ibuprofen, paracetamol, antipyretic
- Nausea Remediesantiemetics, Dramamine, Bonine, meclizine, scopolamine
- home remedieshoney, lemon, ginger, garlic, turmeric
- liquid nourishmentbroth, juice, water, smoothies, soup
ice chipsice cubes
Small frozen water pieces
block ice · ice block · ice blocks · crushed ice · ice sheet
ice chipsboiling water
H2O at 212°F
steam · hot water · scalding water · water vapor · warm water
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