UPDATED VOCABULARY WITH PICTURES. ICE.

ice

• 1 [uncountable] water that has frozen into a solid state[↪ icy]:
• Would you like some ice in your drink?
• Her hands were as cold as ice.
• Spring flowers pushed through the slowly melting ice.
• The city spent $7 million to remove snow and ice from the roads.
• a cup full of crushed ice
• Linda's hair sparkled with tiny ice crystals.
• 2

   keep/put something on ice

  to do nothing about a plan or suggestion for a period of time:
• I'm putting my plans for a new car on ice until I finish college.
• 3

   be (skating) on thin ice

  to be in a situation in which you are likely to upset someone or cause trouble:
• Don't be late again, Hugo - you're skating on thin ice.
• 4

   the ice

  a specially prepared surface of ice where you can ice skate or play ice hockey:
• The two teams are ready to take to the ice.
• 5 [countable]
• a) a frozen sweet food made with fruit juice [= sorbet]
• b) old-fashioned especially British English an ice cream
• 6 [uncountable] American English diamonds
• ➔ black ice, dry ice

   ; ➔ break the ice

   at break1 (29)

   ; ➔ cut no ice

  at cut1 (39)

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.