put it on ice

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• put something on ice — put (something) on ice be on ice if plans are on ice, they are not going to be dealt with until some point in the future. Plans for a women only film screening have been put on ice following threats of legal action …   New idioms dictionary

• put something on ice — keep/put/something on ice informal phrase to delay doing anything about a plan or idea The whole deal was put on ice when the stock market fell sharply. Thesaurus: to stop doing somethingsynonym to kill a person or animal …   Useful english dictionary

• put on ice — put (something) on ice be on ice if plans are on ice, they are not going to be dealt with until some point in the future. Plans for a women only film screening have been put on ice following threats of legal action …   New idioms dictionary

• Ice road — Ice roads or ice crossings (which are sometimes referred to as ice bridges), are frozen man made structures formed on the surface of bays, inlets, rivers, lakes or seas, and are linked from frozen waterway to frozen waterway by overland portages …   Wikipedia

• Ice cream — For other uses, see Ice cream (disambiguation). Ice cream or gelato in Rome, Italy …   Wikipedia

• ice — ice1 [ aıs ] noun *** 1. ) uncount water that has frozen and become solid: a block/lump of ice Ice was forming on the windshield. Ice covered most of the lake. a ) pieces of ice used for making drinks cold: a gin and tonic with plenty of ice b )… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• ice — I UK [aɪs] / US noun Word forms ice : singular ice plural ices *** 1) [uncountable] water that has frozen and become solid a block/lump of ice Ice was forming on the windscreen. Ice covered most of the lake. a) pieces of ice used for making… …   English dictionary

• ice — 1 /aIs/ noun 1 (U) water that has frozen into a solid state: Would you like some ice in your drink? | The wind blew the snow across the ice on the lake. | Her hands were as cold as ice. 2 keep/put something on ice to do nothing about a plan or… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• ice*/*/ — [aɪs] noun [U] I water that has frozen and become solid a block/lump of ice[/ex] Ice was forming on the windscreen.[/ex] a drink with plenty of ice[/ex] • break the ice to make people feel more relaxed and ready to talk, for example at the… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• ice — ice1 W3S2 [aıs] n [: Old English; Origin: is] 1.) [U] water that has frozen into a solid state →↑icy ▪ Would you like some ice in your drink? ▪ Her hands were as cold as ice. ▪ Spring flowers pushed through the slowly melting ice. ▪ The city… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• ice — I. n 1. diamonds or other jewellery. An underworld term in all English speaking areas, this word has also been heard in everyday speech. 2. an illicit drug which appeared in Hawaii in 1989 and for a time seemed poised to replace crack as a major… …   Contemporary slang