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dry ice

NOUN
frozen carbon dioxide
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The system, which teams can make to their individual designs, typically features a liquid such as glycol pumped through a tank of dry ice and through the driver's fireproof top.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2025

Indeed, there are two kinds of snow on Mars: water ice and carbon dioxide, better known as dry ice, which has flakes that are actually cube-shaped.

From Salon • May 16, 2025

As Ini Kamoze's 1994 hit 'Here Comes the Hotstepper' blared out across Leicester's Athena venue, she emerged though the dry ice and spotlight, bouncing on her toes and decked out in red boxing shorts.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2024

Usually silver iodide is used, but it can also be dry ice and other materials.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2024

The nun’s blood arrived at the C.D.C. in glass tubes in a box lined with dry ice.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston




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