(īs) noun
1. Congealed or frozen water; the solid condition assumed by water at or below 32^o F. or o° C. ♦ Collateral adjective: glacial.
2. A frozen dessert made without cream, as a sherbet, water ice, or frappé.
3. Something resembling ice in appearance: camphor ice.
4. Frosting or icing for cake.
5. Chilly reserve; a very formal or dignified attitude.
6. Slang A diamond; also, diamonds collectively.
—to break the ice To break through reserve or formality.
—to cut no ice U.S. Slang To have no importance.
—on ice U.S. Slang
1. Set aside or reserved for future action.
2. In prison.
3. Sure; already determined.
—v. iced, ic·ing v.t.
1. To cause to freeze; congeal into ice.
2. To cover with ice.
3. To chill with or as with ice.
4. To frost, as cake, with icing.
—v.i.
5. To freeze; congeal into ice.
—adjective Made of ice; to be used on ice: ice skates. [OE īs]

Condition, quality, or state of: justice. [<OF -ice <L -itius, -itia, -itium]