dry ice en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈdɹaɪ.aɪs/
- (Southern-England) audio
- /dɹaɪˈaɪs/
Etymology
A genericized trademark of the DryIce Corporation of America.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state, which sublimes at −78.5 °C (−109.3 °F) at normal atmospheric pressure, used especially as a cooling agent and for the production of foglike special effects.
Two women were found unresponsive in a car along with the likely culprit – four coolers of dry ice – Friday morning in Pierce County, Washington, CNN affiliate KOMO reports.
2018 August 1, Michael Nedelman, “Ice cream salesman’s wife and mother suffocated by dry ice in car”, in CNN:
Synonyms
Translations (42)
th น้ำแข็งแห้ง (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · gu શુષ્ક બરફ (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · fr glace sèche (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · pl suchy lód (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · fi hiilihappojää (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · es nieve carbónica (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · sv torris (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · et süsihappelumi (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · el ξηρός πάγος (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · et kuiv jää (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · mi hauhā totoka (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · hu szárazjég (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · ko 드라이아이스 (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · it ghiaccio secco (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · is kolsýruís (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · is kolsýrusnjór (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · ta ஈரமில்பனிக்கட்டி (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · pt gelo seco (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · ca neu carbònica (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · fi kuivajää (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · ka მშრალი ყინული (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · ms ais kering (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · tr kuru buz (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · hi सूखी बर्फ (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · ca gel sec (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · he קֶרַח יָבֵשׁ (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · gl xeo seco (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · de Trockeneis (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · eu izotz lehor (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · cmn 乾冰 /干冰 (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · ja ドライアイス (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · nl droogijs (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · eu elur karboniko (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · mdf коське эй (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · vi đá khô (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · cs suchý led (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · is þurrís (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · fr glace carbonique (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · lv sausais ledus (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · es hielo seco (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · ru сухо́й лёд (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state) · id es biang (carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state)