ice cube

noun

Any small piece of ice used for cooling drinks, larger than crushed ice, and regardless of their shape.

“The new freezer in our kitchen makes round ice cubes!”

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Meanings

nounice cube (plural ice cubes)

plural ice cubes · alternative icecube · alternative ice-cube

  1. Any small piece of ice used for cooling drinks, larger than crushed ice, and regardless of their shape.

    The new freezer in our kitchen makes round ice cubes!

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ice, cube.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
rockwater crouton

Translations

Arabic مُكَعَّبُ ثَلْجٍ
  • مُكَعَّبُ ثَلْجٍ (mukaʕʕabu ṯaljin)small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
Basque izotz-koskor
  • izotz-koskorsmall piece of ice used for cooling drinks
Catalan glaçó
  • glaçósmall piece of ice used for cooling drinks
Chinese Mandarin 冰塊 /冰块
  • 冰塊 /冰块 (bīngkuài)small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
Danish isterning
  • isterningsmall piece of ice used for cooling drinks
Dutch ijsklontje
  • ijsklontjesmall piece of ice used for cooling drinks
Esperanto glacibloketo, glacikubo
  • glacibloketosmall piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • glacikubosmall piece of ice used for cooling drinks
Finnish jääpala, jääkuutio
  • jääpalasmall piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • jääkuutiosmall piece of ice used for cooling drinks
French glaçon, cube de glace
  • glaçonsmall piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • cube de glacesmall piece of ice used for cooling drinks
German Eiswürfel
  • Eiswürfelsmall piece of ice used for cooling drinks
Greek παγάκι
  • παγάκι (pagáki)small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
Hungarian jégkocka
  • jégkockasmall piece of ice used for cooling drinks
Icelandic klaki, ísmoli
  • klakismall piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • ísmolismall piece of ice used for cooling drinks
Indonesian es batu
  • es batusmall piece of ice used for cooling drinks
Italian cubetto di ghiaccio
  • cubetto di ghiacciosmall piece of ice used for cooling drinks
Japanese クラッシュドアイス, アイスキューブ
  • クラッシュドアイス (kurasshudo aisu)small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • アイスキューブ (aisu kyūbu)small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
Korean 각얼음
  • 각얼음 (gageoreum)small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
Latin cubus glaciei
  • cubus glacieismall piece of ice used for cooling drinks
Malay kiub ais
  • kiub aissmall piece of ice used for cooling drinks
Norwegian Bokmål isbit, isterning
  • isbitsmall piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • isterningsmall piece of ice used for cooling drinks
Polish kostka lodu
  • kostka lodusmall piece of ice used for cooling drinks
Portuguese cubo de gelo
  • cubo de gelosmall piece of ice used for cooling drinks
Russian ку́бик льда́
  • ку́бик льда́ (kúbik lʹdá)small piece of ice used for cooling drinks
Spanish cubito de hielo, cubo de hielo
  • cubito de hielosmall piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • cubo de hielosmall piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • hielosmall piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • cubitosmall piece of ice used for cooling drinks
Swedish isbit, iskub
  • isbitsmall piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • iskubsmall piece of ice used for cooling drinks
Turkish buz küpü, buz
  • buz küpüsmall piece of ice used for cooling drinks
  • buzsmall piece of ice used for cooling drinks
Vietnamese (cục) đá lạnh
  • (cục) đá lạnhsmall piece of ice used for cooling drinks
Cite this entry
APA

ice cube. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ice%20cube

MLA

“ice cube.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ice%20cube. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ice cube,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ice%20cube.

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