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glace sèche — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ice noun Water that has frozen solid.

Senses

glace sèche is used for these senses in English:

  • 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.
  • ice (physics, astronomy) Any frozen volatile chemical, such as ammonia or carbon dioxide.

ice — full definition

  1. noun Water that has frozen solid.
  2. noun A cold, unfriendly manner or atmosphere between people.
  3. noun Icing or frosting on a cake or pastry.
  4. verb To cover a cake with icing or frosting.
  5. verb To cool something by packing it in or around ice.

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