dry ice

English

Etymology

A genericised trademark of Prest Air Devices.

Noun

Sublimation of dry ice on the surface of water.

dry ice (uncountable)

1. Carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state, used especially as a cooling agent and for the production of fog-like special effects. It sublimes at −78.5 °C (−109.3 °F) at normal atmospheric pressure.

Synonyms

• cardice

Translations

carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state

• Basque: izotz lehor, elur karboniko
• Catalan: gel sec, neu carbònica
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 乾冰／干冰 (zh) (gānbīng)

• Czech: suchý led (cs) m
• Dutch: droogijs (nl)
• Estonian: kuiv jää, süsihappelumi
• Finnish: hiilihappojää, kuivajää (fi)
• French: glace sèche (fr) f, glace carbonique (fr) f
• Galician: xeo seco (gl) m
• Georgian: მშრალი ყინული (mšrali q̇inuli)
• German: Trockeneis (de) n
• Greek: ξηρός πάγος (xirós págos)
• Gujarati: શુષ્ક બરફ (śuṣk baraph)
• Hebrew: קֶרַח יָבֵשׁ (he) m (kérach yavésh)
• Hindi: सूखी बर्फ (sūkhī barph)
• Hungarian: szárazjég (hu)
• Icelandic: þurrís m, kolsýruís m, kolsýrusnjór m
• Indonesian: es biang
• Italian: ghiaccio secco m
• Japanese: ドライアイス (ja) (dorai-aisu)
• Korean: 드라이아이스 (ko) (deurai-aiseu)
• Latvian: sausais ledus
• Malay: ais kering (ms),
• Maori: hauhā totoka
• Moksha: коське эй (kośke ej)
• Polish: suchy lód (pl) m
• Portuguese: gelo seco m
• Russian: сухо́й лёд m (suxój ljod)
• Spanish: hielo seco (es) m, nieve carbónica f
• Swedish: torris (sv) c
• Tamil: ஈரமில்பனிக்கட்டி (īramilpaṉikkaṭṭi)
• Thai: น้ำแข็งแห้ง (th) (nám-kɛ̌ng-hɛ̂ɛng)
• Turkish: kuru buz
• Vietnamese: đá khô

Further reading

• dry ice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• cidery, erycid