dry ice

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Noun

dry ice (uncountable)

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.

Synonyms

• cardice

Translations

• French: glace sèche, glace carbonique
• German: Trockeneis
• Portuguese: gelo seco
• Russian: сухо́й лёд
• Spanish: hielo seco, nieve carbónica

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