dry ice

English

Etymology

A genericised trademark of the DryIce Corporation of America.

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