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ice

 
 
/aɪs/ noun [U]

Translation

water that has frozen and become solid
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Gerry slipped on the ice and broke his arm. I've put a couple of bottles of champagne on ice (= in a bucket of ice to get cold).1511
break the ice to make people who have not met before feel relaxed with each other, often by starting a conversation
havayı yumuşatmak, resmiyeti kaldırmak, buzları kırmak
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(Definition of ice noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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