ice-cold

== English == === Alternative forms === icecold, ice cold === Etymology === From Middle English *is-cold, from Old English īsċeald; equivalent to ice +‎ cold. Cognate with Saterland Frisian ieskoold (“ice-cold”), West Frisian iiskâld (“ice-cold”), Dutch ijskoud (“ice-cold”), Afrikaans yskoud (“ice-cold”), German Low German ieskold (“ice-cold”), German eiskalt (“ice-cold”), Yiddish אײַזקאַלט (ayzkalt, “ice-cold”), Danish iskold (“ice-cold”), Swedish iskall (“ice-cold”), Norwegian iskald (“ice-cold”), Faroese ísakaldur (“ice-cold”), Icelandic ískaldur (“ice-cold”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈaɪskəʊld/ === Adjective === ice-cold (comparative more ice-cold, superlative most ice-cold) (idiomatic, loosely) Very cold. Synonyms: cold as ice, icy, freezing cold, freezing, frigid, frosty Antonyms: boiling hot, steaming hot, piping hot, baking hot, smoking hot; see also Thesaurus:hot Coordinate terms: cool, chilly, chilled, lukewarm, tepid Near-synonyms: stone cold, cold as a well-digger's arse; see also Thesaurus:cold (figurative) Of a person, look, or behavior: without emotion; distant; (sometimes) silently disapproving. Synonyms: cold as ice, icy, frigid, stone cold, frosty Coordinate terms: cool, chilly, lukewarm, tepid Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ice,‎ cold: as cold as ice or nearly so (close to a freezing point). Synonyms: cold as ice, icy, freezing cold, freezing, frigid, frosty Antonyms: boiling hot, steaming hot, piping hot, baking hot, smoking hot; see also Thesaurus:hot Hypernym: cold Coordinate terms: cool, chilly, chilled, lukewarm, tepid Near-synonyms: stone cold, cold as a well-digger's arse; see also Thesaurus:cold ice-cold beer here ==== Translations ==== === Noun === ice-cold (plural ice-colds) (Australia, slang) A cold serving of beer. Synonyms: cold one, frosty one (Can we date this quote by John Romeril and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?) […] to sink a few ice colds […]