'Icicle' definitions:
Definition of 'icicle'
(from WordNet)
noun
Ice resembling a pendent spear, formed by the freezing of dripping water
Definition of 'Icicle'
From: GCIDE
- Icicle \I"ci*cle\, n. [OE. isikel, AS. [imac]sgicel; [imac]s ice + gicel icicle; akin to Icel. j["o]kull; cf. Gael. eigh ice, Ir. aigh.] A pendent, and usually conical, mass of ice, formed by freezing of dripping water; as, the icicles on the eaves of a house. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'icicle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- berg,
- calf,
- cryosphere,
- Dry Ice,
- firn,
- floe,
- frazil,
- frozen water,
- glaciation,
- glacier,
- glacieret,
- glaze,
- glazed frost,
- granular snow,
- ground ice,
- growler,
- ice,
- ice banner,
- ice barrier,
- ice belt,
- ice cave,
- ice cubes,
- ice dike,
- ice field,
- ice floe,
- ice foot,
- ice front,
- ice island,
- ice needle,
- ice pack,
- ice pinnacle,
- ice raft,
- ice sheet,
- iceberg,
- icefall,
- icequake,
- jokul,
- lolly,
- neve,
- nieve penitente,
- pack ice,
- serac,
- shelf ice,
- sleet,
- slob,
- sludge,
- snow ice,
- snowberg