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Dry ice

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state, used especially as a cooling agent and for the production of fog-like special effects. It sublimes at −78.5 °C (−109.3 °F) at normal atmospheric pressure. uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    solidified carbon dioxide; dry ice sublimates at -78.5 C and is used mainly as a refrigerant wordnet

Etymology

A genericised trademark of the DryIce Corporation of America.

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