nice cream

noun

Any of various nondairy ice cream substitutes.

Meanings

nounnice cream (countable and uncountable, plural nice creams)

plural nice creams

  1. countableuncountableAny of various nondairy ice cream substitutes.

    This nice cream is a good basic recipe from which to create all sorts of delicious nice creams (see the short cuts below).

    2021, Vickie de Beer, Low-Carb Express, Penguin, →ISBN
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    Nice cream, on the other hand, is almost entirely frozen fruit with only a few tablespoons of liquid. This difference in the solid food to liquid ratio between a standard smoothie and nice cream is why you need two different tools.

    2017, Carissa Bonham, Beautiful Smoothie Bowls: 80 Delicious and Colorful Superfood Recipes to Nourish and Satisfy, Skyhorse Publishing, →ISBN

    I’ve tried several methods for making nice cream, and time and again my high-speed blender leaves me with the smoothest, most evenly blended results.

    2018, Kelli Foster, Buddha Bowls: 100 Nourishing One-Bowl Meals, Harvard Common Press, →ISBN, page 159

Origin

Based on ice cream, by replacing ice with similar-sounding nice.

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APA

nice cream. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nice%20cream

MLA

“nice cream.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nice%20cream. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nice cream,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nice%20cream.

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