icy water

collocation in English

meaningsoficyandwater

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icy
adjective
uk
/ˈaɪ.si/us
/ˈaɪ.si/
covered ...
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water
noun
uk
/ˈwɔː.tər/us
/ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ/
a clear liquid, without colour or taste, that falls from the sky as rain and is necessary for animal and ...
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(Definition oficyandwaterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoficy water

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To take a plunge intoicywaterat a time of uncertainty is a mistake.
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It cannot be discovered in a momentary immersion inicywaterafter a massage or a hot sauna.
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I saw a letter only to-day from a man who was up to his waist inicywater.
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At the same time, it is equally true that almost any fish is uneatable if it is stale and has been lying about inicywaterfor weeks.
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At this moment, while we are sitting here nice and warm, there are in the trenches tens of thousands of young men up to their knees inicywater.
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The two soldiers clung to their overturned boat, but the boy was lost in theicywater.
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Retrievers typically have oily coats that help repelicywater, and are noted for having high intelligence and being very strongly bonded to their masters.
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The ships had sunk to the bottom, still upright, about apart and at a depth of around oficywater.
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The prevailing wind was helpfully north-west, but the heavy sea conditions quickly soaked everything inicywater.
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When the tidal surge reached the heard, it broke the ice underneath it and the heard plunged into theicywater.
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Small streams which cascade down the cliff faces freeze intoicywaterfalls during winter.
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He accidentally stopped into an air hole that was covered in snow and plunged into theicywater.
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People found unconscious undericywatermay survive if their faces are kept continuously cold until they arrive at an emergency room.
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It is unknown how the creature withstands the extreme cold, as no other anemone lives inicywater.
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Finally, in desperation, he drove his horse into theicywater.
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He took off his clothes and entered theicywater.
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She leaps into theicywaterafter him and drags him to shore.
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He strips and swims to shore in theicywater, as if stripping off and washing away his former life.
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Kolchak wanted to measure the height of the glaciers, but his aneroid was damaged by his fall inicywater.
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Surfers can wait for several hours in theicywaterfor an event.
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