Ice vs. Ace
Ice vs. Ace
Test how “Ice” and “Ace” look in your own writing.
Ice
Term A(uncountable) Water in frozen (solid) form.
(uncountable) Covering made of frozen water on a river or other water basin in cold season.
Any frozen volatile chemical, such as ammonia or carbon dioxide.
Any volatile chemical, such as water, ammonia, or carbon dioxide, not necessarily in solid form.
(countable) A frozen dessert made of fruit juice, water and sugar.
(uncountable) Any substance having the appearance of ice.
One or more diamonds.
Crystal form of amphetamine-based drugs.
The area where a game of ice hockey is played.
To cool with ice, as a beverage.
To become ice, to freeze.
(slang) To murder.
To cover with icing (frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg); to frost; as cakes, tarts, etc.
(ice hockey) To put out a team for a match.
Example: ‘Milton Keynes have yet to ice a team this season’;
(ice hockey) To shoot the puck the length of the playing surface, causing a stoppage in play called icing.
Example: ‘If the Bruins ice the puck, the faceoff will be in their own zone.’;
Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state by cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent colorless substance, crystalline, brittle, and viscoidal. Its specific gravity (0.92, that of water at 4° C. being 1.0) being less than that of water, ice floats.
Concreted sugar.
Water, cream, custard, etc., sweetened, flavored, and artificially frozen.
Any substance having the appearance of ice; as, camphor ice.
To cover with ice; to convert into ice, or into something resembling ice.
To cover with icing, or frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg; to frost, as cakes, tarts, etc.
To chill or cool, as with ice; to freeze.
water frozen in the solid state;
Example: ‘Americans like ice in their drinks’;
the frozen part of a body of water
diamonds;
Example: ‘look at the ice on that dame!’;
a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes
a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk)
amphetamine used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine
a rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating;
Example: ‘the crowd applauded when she skated out onto the ice’;
decorate with frosting;
Example: ‘frost a cake’;
put ice on or put on ice;
Example: ‘Ice your sprained limbs’;
an entry stored in a person's mobile phone that provides emergency contact information
Example: ‘all mobile phone users should have an ICE contact in their phones’;
decorate (a cake or biscuit) with icing.
clinch (something such as a victory or deal).
kill
Example: ‘she was saved from being iced by the mafia’;
Ice is water frozen into a solid state. Depending on the presence of impurities such as particles of soil or bubbles of air, it can appear transparent or a more or less opaque bluish-white color.
Ace
Term BA single point or spot on a playing card or die.
A card or die face so marked.
Example: ‘I have the ace of diamonds.’;
The ball marked with the number 1 in pool and related games.
A dollar bill.
A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.
(tennis) A serve won without the opponent hitting the ball.
(sports) A single point won by a stroke, as in handball, rackets, etc.
The best pitcher on the team.
A run.
A hole in one.
An expert at something.
Example: ‘an ace detective’;
A military aircraft pilot who is credited with shooting down many enemy aircraft, typically five or more.
(US) A perfect score on a school exam.
Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
A quark.
(slang) A person who is asexual.
To pass (a test, interviews etc.) perfectly.
(tennis) To win a point by an ace.
(golf) To make an ace (hole in one).
Excellent.
(slang) Asexual. not experiencing sexual attraction
A unit; a single point or spot on a card or die; the card or die so marked; as, the ace of diamonds.
Hence: A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.
Example: ‘I 'll not wag an ace further.’;
A single point won by a stroke, as in handball, rackets, etc.; in tennis, frequently, a point won by a service stroke.
of the highest quality
to get a grade of "A"; as, to ace an exam.
the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number;
Example: ‘he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it’; ‘they had lunch at one’;
one of four playing cards in a deck having a single pip on its face
someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
a major strategic headquarters of NATO; safeguards an are extending from Norway to Turkey
a serve that the receiver is unable to reach
succeed at easily;
Example: ‘She sailed through her exams’; ‘You will pass with flying colors’; ‘She nailed her astrophysics course’;
score an ace against;
Example: ‘He aced his opponents’;
play (a hole) in one stroke
serve an ace against (someone)
of the highest quality;
Example: ‘an ace reporter’; ‘a crack shot’; ‘a first-rate golfer’; ‘a super party’; ‘played top-notch tennis’; ‘an athlete in tiptop condition’; ‘she is absolutely tops’;
An ace is a playing card, die or domino with a single pip. In the standard French deck, an ace has a single suit symbol (a heart, diamond, spade, or club) located in the middle of the card, sometimes large and decorated, especially in the case of the ace of spades.
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