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water crouton

noun

Etymology

From water + crouton (“a small, often seasoned, piece of dry or fried bread”), due to ice cubes being made of water and having roughly the same shape as a crouton.

Definitions

  1. Synonym of ice cube.

    • Water croutons!
    • I'm in the mood for soup. Ha! "With frozen water croutons" :-) [quoting a sign outside of a bar, pictured in the tweet]
    • Hmmm...whiskey with frozen water croutons

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA