ice

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ thick

▪

Is the ice thick enough to walk on?

▪ thin (often figurative)

▪

You're skating on thin ice (= you're taking a risk).

▪ melting

▪ crushed

▪

The glass was filled with green liquid and crushed ice.

▪ black

▪

Motorists have been warned about black ice on the roads.

▪ pack, sea (esp. BrE)

… OF ICE

▪ block, slab

▪

The spray froze and formed great blocks of ice on the front of the ship.

VERB + ICE

▪ form

ICE + VERB

▪ form

▪

Ice had formed on the pond.

▪ crack, melt

▪

The ice was beginning to melt.

ICE + NOUN

▪ cube

▪ bucket

▪ water (AmE) (iced water in BrE)

▪ skate

▪ dancing, skating

▪ show (= performed by skaters)

▪ rink

▪ hockey (usually just hockey in AmE)

▪ time (in ice hockey)

▪

He averaged more than ten minutes of ice time (= playing) per game.

▪ sculpture

▪ axe/ax, pick

▪ cap, field, floe, sheet, shelf

PREPOSITION

▪ on (the) ice

▪

People were skating on the ice.

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verb

Ice is used with these nouns as the object: ↑cake