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ICE
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Appendix:Variations of "ice"
English
Pronunciation
en /aɪs/
en I C E
en En-au-ICE.ogg AU
Proper noun
en sports en Iceland.
en w:Institution of Civil Engineers.
en international cultural exchange.
en government US en w:Immigration and Customs Enforcement law-enforcement agency responsible for immigration and customs matters of the United States Federal government.
en Ice 🧊<q:internet slang>
en 2018-05-22 Liz Robbins; Maya Salam ‘I Am Not Racist’: Lawyer Issues Apology One Week After Rant https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/22/nyregion/schlossberg-i-am-not-racist-lawyer-issues-apology.html?auth=login-email&login=email Mr. Schlossberg’s rant angered activists for immigrant rights, who said it reinforced stereotypes that Spanish speakers are not citizens. And they worried that it perpetuated fear within immigrant communities of ICE’s aggressive tactics to deport those who are undocumented. https://web.archive.org/web/20230411023631/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/22/nyregion/schlossberg-i-am-not-racist-lawyer-issues-apology.html?auth=login-email&login=email
en Priscilla Alvarez and Rosa Flores Trump administration launches nationwide immigration enforcement blitz w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/26/politics/chicago-immigration-trump-ice/index.html 2025-01-26 ICE agents were joined Sunday by officials from multiple Justice Department agencies as they targeted what they said are public safety and national security threats. https://web.archive.org/web/20250127053059/https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/26/politics/chicago-immigration-trump-ice/index.html
en July 18, 2026 Kat 0:40 Charlotte residents rally against ICE killings across the country w:WCNC-TV https://web.archive.org/web/20260719131411/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZTsDqtva0w w:YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZTsDqtva0w July 19, 2026 Yeah, so we just want to stand with our immigrant community, uh we note that our neighbors are being killed by ICE and there's no accountability, there's no justice; so we just want to stand with them here and note that they're not alone and that there's people who support them.
en rail transport en w:Intercity-Express German high speed train.
Derived terms
en ICE Barbie
Translations
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Spanish: es ICE m
Noun
~
en automotive en internal combustion engine.
en EV
en 2017-05-18 James Foxall Electric car drivers face queues and quarrels w:The Daily Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/features/electric-car-drivers-could-face-queues-quarrels-christmas/ “ICE-ing is EV owner-speak for when an internal combustion engine (ICE) car blocks or parks in a charging point space. On EV internet forums, stories of drivers being ICEd abound. But rather than scuffles breaking out, if stories are to be believed, British EV drivers resort to leaving notes and icy stares when the offending ICE driver returns. https://web.archive.org/web/20250716125052/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/features/electric-car-drivers-could-face-queues-quarrels-christmas/ 16 July 2025
weekend Paul Jacobson 2025-10-11 Carmakers steer back towards more lucrative petrol vehicles Companies & Markets 10 “The ICE tail is now fatter and longer than anybody ever thought it was going to be,” GM's chief financial officer Paul Jacobson said at a recent conference, even as the company continued to invest in new EVs. Ford last year posted a $5bn operative loss on its EV business but made $5.3bn from its ICE division.
en programming en internal compiler error.
en computing en in-circuit emulator/emulation.
en automotive en w:in-car entertainment.
en IVI
en medical mnemonic en ice, compress, elevation first-aid.
en RICE
en intercontinental exchange.
en Nathanial Gronewold and John J. Fialka European Commission Halts Transfers of Carbon Emissions Allowances Until Thefts Are Sorted Out w:The New York Times https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/cwire/2011/01/20/20climatewire-european-commission-halts-transfers-of-carbo-22394.html?ref=earth 2011-01-20 But ICE says futures trading in a variety of carbon-linked financial instruments -- where the bulk of trading activity occurs -- would continue apace. That includes trading in futures and options contracts for EUAs and the carbon offsets credits issued by U.N. organizations, the Certified Emission Reduction futures and options and Emission Reduction Unit futures. https://web.archive.org/web/20240611182218/https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/cwire/2011/01/20/20climatewire-european-commission-halts-transfers-of-carbo-22394.html?ref=earth
en w:iridocorneal endothelial syndrome.
Phrase
phr
en Q1420436 en in case of emergency used in mobile phones followed by the number to call if the phone’s owner is injured.
Verb
+ + ~d
en automotive slang To occupy a reserved electric car parking space (especially one equipped with a charger) with a traditional car equipped with an internal combustion engine.
en 2017-05-18 James Foxall Electric car drivers face queues and quarrels w:The Daily Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/features/electric-car-drivers-could-face-queues-quarrels-christmas/ “We do get charge rage if someone ICEs your bay. And people don’t like it if someone parks a Tesla to charge for two hours. When your car has finished charging, our message is: move it.”ICE-ing is EV owner-speak for when an internal combustion engine (ICE) car blocks or parks in a charging point space. On EV internet forums, stories of drivers being ICEd abound. https://web.archive.org/web/20250716125052/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/features/electric-car-drivers-could-face-queues-quarrels-christmas/ 16 July 2025
en 2020-04-29 Graeme Paton Too many electric car charging spaces being blocked w:The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/too-many-electric-car-charging-spaces-being-blocked-sb0crjl07 Clearer signs for electric vehicle charge points are needed to prevent drivers of petrol and diesel cars blocking access, the government has been told. It was claimed that the blocking of charge points by internal combustion engine cars — known as spaces being “iced” out — was a serious problem. https://web.archive.org/web/20211130160953/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/too-many-electric-car-charging-spaces-being-blocked-sb0crjl07 30 November 2021
en slang neologism transitive uncommon To apprehend or deport by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
en slang neologism transitive uncommon To kill (in reference to and hypothetically by Immigration and Customs Enforcement).
Adjective
en isolated, confined, extreme.
en 2024-06-20 Eva Corlett Fidlets, fingies and riding a doo: study sheds light on Antarctic English slang w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/20/fidlets-fingies-and-riding-a-doo-antarctica-english-slang-terms Antarctica, like outer-space, is known as an ICE environment – isolated, confined and extreme – meaning unlike other isolated communities, the rate of change for its vocabulary can be slower. https://web.archive.org/web/20240809052943/https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/20/fidlets-fingies-and-riding-a-doo-antarctica-english-slang-terms
See also
en ICE box ICE chart ICE table
Anagrams
en cei CEI EIC IEC
en High-speed rail Law enforcement US politics
German
Pronunciation
de /iːtseːˈʔeː/
de De-ICE.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m,s:-,s:-
de rail transport de w:Intercity-Express
de ECE
2002 Fünf 82 Also sitze ich wieder in diesem unfaßbar häßlichen Bord-Treff, der genauso aussieht wie das Bistro im ICE, nur, daß der Bord-Treff noch etwas grauenvoller gestaltet ist, und trinke ein Christinen-Brunnen-Mineralwasser .
de High-speed rail
Spanish
es:
Pronunciation
ais ICE
Etymology 1
Proper noun
m
es w:es:Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad Costa Rican Electricity Institute.
es w:es:Instituto de Ciencias del Espacio Institute of Space Sciences.
Proper noun
f
es w:es:Izquierda Comunista de España Communist Left of Spain.
Etymology 2
es :bor en:ICE<t:Immigration and Customs Enforcement> + 1
Proper noun
m
es Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de Estados Unidos; en ICE.
es Randi Kaye and David von Blohn El ICE renueva acuerdo con el centro de detención que, según la agencia, no cumplía las normas w:CNN en Español https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2025/06/20/eeuu/ice-renueva-acuerdo-centro-detencion-no-cumplia-normas-trax 2025-06-20 El ICE añadió que la pausa también se debía a “las persistentes preocupaciones relacionadas con la prestación de atención médica a los detenidos”. ICE added that the pause was also due to "persistent concerns related to the provision of medical care to detainees." https://web.archive.org/web/20250624045915/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2025/06/20/eeuu/ice-renueva-acuerdo-centro-detencion-no-cumplia-normas-trax
es Communism Law enforcement