How do you spell ice cream

Q: Which is correct ice cream or icecream?

Usually in referring to the dessert itself one would use ice cream. However, if you are using it as an adjective it would include a hyphen as in ice-cream chair or ice-cream cone. However, hyphens are going out of style so youll probably see those phrases without hyphens as well.

Examples of ice-cream in a Sentence

Noun What flavor of ice cream do you like?

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Examples of ice-cream in a Sentence
First Known Use of ice-cream
Is icecream all one word?
Which is correct ice cream or icecream?
How is icecream spelled?
Is ice cream spelled together?

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Cinnabon, Street Scoops ice cream and smoothies, Keaik's food truck with burgers and chicken bowls, Simply Chicken and Mexican fare from Selena's Cuisine are among the food trucks expected to participate. — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 26 Aug. 2022 Sugar Factory seems like it’s aspiring to be something more than a bar with a strong ice cream program. — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Aug. 2022 That was amid soups, salads, sandwiches and a homemade dessert lineup including chocolate dream pie, strawberry dream pie, Snickers dream pie, carrot cake, banana pudding and fresh peach ice cream. — Lawrence Specker | , al, 24 Aug. 2022 This method of freezing peaches is ideal for use in smoothies and peach ice cream. — Wini Moranville, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2022 Millie Joslyn is the former pastry chef at Big King in Providence, R.I., and just launched her own boutique ice cream brand. — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2022 And some of the ice cream lots in the list above have already expired. — Chris Smith, BGR, 22 Aug. 2022 Attendees feasted on fried fish and devoured ice cream cones in the heat. — Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2022 Guests cover a similarly wide-ranging spectrum with everything from scuba divers to ice cream makers. — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 19 Aug. 2022 See More

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First Known Use of ice-cream

Adjective

1874, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1743, in the meaning defined above

Is icecream all one word?

It may appear to have two words, but those two words, spoken separately, would have different meanings, so that particular word needs to be spoken in one breath to convey a particular meaning. So 'ice cream' is a one word. It has a distinct meaning.

Which is correct ice cream or icecream?

Usually in referring to the dessert itself one would use "ice cream." However, if you are using it as an adjective it would include a hyphen as in "ice-cream chair" or "ice-cream cone." However, hyphens are going out of style so you'll probably see those phrases without hyphens as well.

How is icecream spelled?

“Ice-cream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice-cream.

Is ice cream spelled together?

Compound words can be written in three ways: as open compounds (spelled as two words, e.g., ice cream), closed compounds (joined to form a single word, e.g., doorknob), or hyphenated compounds (two words joined by a hyphen, e.g., long-term).

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