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ice cream

noun

  1. a frozen food containing cream or milk and butterfat, sugar, flavoring, and sometimes eggs.


ice cream

noun

  1. a kind of sweetened frozen liquid, properly made from cream and egg yolks but often made from milk or a custard base, flavoured in various ways
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of ice cream1

First recorded in 1735–45
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Consider crunch—because there’s nothing exciting about a plain bowl of mashed potatoes or ice cream.

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He doesn't have much left at the end of the month, but what he does have goes on ice creams and sweets for the grandchildren.

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It comes a month after the ice cream company accused Unilever of demanding that it stops publicly criticising US President, Donald Trump.

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