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# icicle

«icicle» in Mova's school dictionary: **A long, pointed piece of ice that hangs down, made when…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an icicle, icicles)

### meaning for a pupil

A long, pointed piece of ice that hangs down, made when dripping water freezes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/icicle/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science, icicles form when snow melts in the sun and the drips freeze again in cold air — a change of state. In winter safety, big icicles can fall and hurt people, so don't stand under them or knock them down from below; don't lick metal or eat icicles from roofs. Phrases: «icicles hanging from the roof».

### examples

- Icicles hung from the edge of the roof. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/icicle/#x1)
- The icicle dripped in the sunshine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/icicle/#x2)
- Don't stand under big icicles; they can fall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/icicle/#x3)
- The cave had icicles as long as my arm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/icicle/#x4)
- We saw icicles on the frozen waterfall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/icicle/#x5)
- Icicles form when water drips and freezes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/icicle/#x6)
- Just by stood a thorn-bush; it had neither leaf nor flower, for it was the cold winter time, and icicles hung on the branches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/icicle/#x7)

### note

Countable: an icicle (vowel sound, so «an»). Spelling: i-c-i-c-l-e. Icicles from roofs may be dirty — don't eat them.

### In the corpora

- [Never stand under icicles or knock them down, because they are heavy and sharp.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/234-snow-ice-and-sun/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «icicle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/icicle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.