"Below Chris's warm, humble exterior is an icy-cold competitive person who keeps a close eye on how we're doing compared to others," says Main.
This means that icy-cold water is less dense, so tends to move upwards.
I suddenly felt his warm, steady hands over my icy-cold ones.
All our fresh produce had to come from Suez and Ahmed was used to seeing me plunge all the leafy vegetables into icy-cold water before drying them and storing in the fridge.
Then we'd knock off, go back to camp and have a nice little swim in the icy-cold river, because there was no hot water systems or anything else.
I found myself submerged in icy-cold darkness, unable to get my head above water.
I swallowed the icy-cold mouthful hurriedly, wincing when it scorched a path down my throat and settled uncomfortably in my stomach.
Cold dishes such as fresh fruit should be placed in containers of ice that hold the serving bowl securely but keep its contents icy-cold.
A permanent layer of icy-cold (4 degrees C) water 83 meters below the surface of Lake Ontario provides naturally cold water.
He was regarded as a "relentless" and "extremely ambitious" police officer with an arrogant and "icy-cold" manner that lacked all warmth.
Definition of icy-cold in US English:
icy-cold
adjective
Very cold.
it was an icy-cold January morning
Example sentencesExamples
Cold dishes such as fresh fruit should be placed in containers of ice that hold the serving bowl securely but keep its contents icy-cold.
I found myself submerged in icy-cold darkness, unable to get my head above water.
A permanent layer of icy-cold (4 degrees C) water 83 meters below the surface of Lake Ontario provides naturally cold water.
Then we'd knock off, go back to camp and have a nice little swim in the icy-cold river, because there was no hot water systems or anything else.
I suddenly felt his warm, steady hands over my icy-cold ones.
All our fresh produce had to come from Suez and Ahmed was used to seeing me plunge all the leafy vegetables into icy-cold water before drying them and storing in the fridge.
This means that icy-cold water is less dense, so tends to move upwards.
He was regarded as a "relentless" and "extremely ambitious" police officer with an arrogant and "icy-cold" manner that lacked all warmth.
I swallowed the icy-cold mouthful hurriedly, wincing when it scorched a path down my throat and settled uncomfortably in my stomach.
"Below Chris's warm, humble exterior is an icy-cold competitive person who keeps a close eye on how we're doing compared to others," says Main.