Icicle (Noun)
Meaning
Ice resembling a pendent spear, formed by the freezing of dripping water.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- Water dripped from the roof of the cave, forming a delicate icicle that sparkled in the pale light.
- The icicle clinging to the windowsill glistened with crystalline clarity in the morning sun.
- A fragile icicle hung precariously from the eave of the old barn, threatening to drop at any moment.
- As the temperature dropped, an icicle began to form on the underside of the bridge, its transparent tip pointing toward the frozen river.
- The icicle dangling from the gutter slowly grew longer, its frozen droplets reflecting the pale blue of the winter sky.