dry ice

noun

Etymology

A genericized trademark of the DryIce Corporation of America.

Definitions

  1. Carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state, which sublimes at −78.5 °C (−109.3 °F) at…

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

    • Two women were found unresponsive in a car along with the likely culprit – four coolers of dry ice – Friday morning in Pierce County, Washington, CNN affiliate KOMO reports.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for dry ice. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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