Icicle

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  • noun. A tapering spike of ice formed by the freezing of dripping or falling water.
  • noun. An aloof or emotionally unresponsive person.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A pendent mass of ice tapering downward to a point, formed by the freezing of drops of water or other liquid flowing down from the place of attachment.
  • noun. In heraldry, same as goutte or drop, but reversed, with the point downward. Compare gutté reversed, under gutté.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A pendent, and usually conical, mass of ice, formed by freezing of dripping water.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A spear-shape of ice.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. ice resembling a pendent spear, formed by the freezing of dripping water
    • Word Usage
    "Come January, they were selling off what they call icicle lights, but we call fairy lights, for about 50 cents each."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ice  water ice  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    bicycle  
    Same Context
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    banknote  carboxyl  electric-blue  flatiron  foot-long  
    Synonym
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    Dry Ice  berg  calf  cryosphere  firn  
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