noun

icicle

icicle

Icicles hung from the roof of the house.

Icicles hung from the roof of the house.

((an icicle)) a spike of ice An icicle is a spike of ice.

Synonyms: ice spike, ice stalactite

From Old English 'īsgicel', from 'īs' (ice) + 'gicel' (icicle, piece of ice). Literally 'ice-icicle'.

Imagine a bicycle made of ice: an 'ice-cycle' sounds like 'icicle'.

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