water ice

A dessert made of finely crushed ice that has been sweetened and flavored.

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water ice

(Cookery) an ice cream made from a frozen sugar syrup flavoured with fruit juice or purée; sorbet

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Noun	1.	water ice - water frozen in the solid state; "Americans like ice in their drinks" ice ice cube - a small cube of artificial ice; used for cooling drinks glacier - a slowly moving mass of ice H2O, water - binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent crystal - a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure black ice - a thin coating of ice (as from freezing mist) on a road or sidewalk; nearly invisible but very hazardous frost, hoar, hoarfrost, rime - ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside) hailstone - small pellet of ice that falls during a hailstorm icicle - ice resembling a pendent spear, formed by the freezing of dripping water
	2.	water ice - an ice containing no milk but having a mushy consistency; usually made from fruit juice sorbet frappe, ice - a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk)

Translations

ghiaccio di acqua sorbetto

water ice

n (Brit) (Culin) → sorbetto

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