dry ice

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   solidified carbon dioxide; dry ice sublimates at -78.5 C and is used mainly as a refrigerant

   Broadersolid

Questions about dry ice

What does dry ice mean?

dry ice means "solidified carbon dioxide; dry ice sublimates at -78.5 C and is used mainly as a refrigerant".

Is dry ice a common word?

dry ice is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.