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Collocations for ice - noun

ADJECTIVE

thick
Is the ice thick enough to walk on?
thin (often figurative)
You're skating on thin ice (= you're taking a risk).
melting
crushed
The glass was filled with green liquid and crushed ice.
black
Motorists have been warned about black ice on the roads.
pack, sea (esp. BrE)

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… OF ICE

block, slab
The spray froze and formed great blocks of ice on the front of the ship.

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VERB + ice

form

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ice + VERB

form
Ice had formed on the pond.
crack, melt
The ice was beginning to melt.

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ice + NOUN

cube
bucket
water (AmE) (iced water in BrE)
skate
dancing, skating
show (= performed by skaters)
rink
hockey (usually just hockey in AmE)
time (in ice hockey)
He averaged more than ten minutes of ice time (= playing) per game.
sculpture
axe/ax, pick
cap, field, floe, sheet, shelf

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PREPOSITION

on (the) ice
People were skating on the ice.

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Collocations for ice - verb

Ice is used with these nouns as the object:
cake

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