dry ice

English

Etymology

A genericised trademark of Prest Air Devices

Noun

dry ice (uncountable)

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.

Synonyms

cardice

Translations

carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state

Chinese:
Mandarin: 乾冰 (zh), 干冰 (zh) (gānbīng)
Czech: suchý led (cs) m
Estonian: kuiv jää, süsihappelumi
Finnish: hiilihappojää, kuivajää (fi)
French: glace sèche f, glace carbonique (fr) f
Galician: xeo seco (gl) m
Georgian: მშრალი ყინული (mšrali q̇inuli)
German: Trockeneis (de) n
Greek: ξηρός πάγος (xirós págos)
Gujarati: શુષ્ક બરફ (śuṣk baraph)
Hebrew: קֶרַח יָבֵשׁ‎ (he) m (kérach yavésh)
Hindi: सूखी बर्फ (sūkhī barph)
Icelandic: þurrís m, kolsýruís m, kolsýrusnjór m

Indonesian: es biang
Japanese: ドライアイス (ja) (dorai-aisu)
Korean: 드라이아이스 (ko) (deurai-aiseu)
Latvian: sausais ledus
Malay: ais kering,
Maori: hauhā totoka
Moksha: коське эй (kosʹke ej)
Polish: suchy lód (pl) m
Portuguese: gelo seco m
Russian: сухо́й лёд (ru) m (suxój ljód)
Spanish: hielo seco (es), nieve carbónica
Swedish: torris (sv) c
Tamil: ஈரமில்பனிக்கட்டி (īramilpaṉikkaṭṭi)

Further reading

dry ice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

cidery, erycid

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