Meaning & use
Icicles
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Tapering rods of ice formed when dripping water freezes as it falls.
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Icicles hung from the eaves after the overnight freeze.
The children knocked the icicles off the fence with a stick.
A note on using this word
The word icicle comes from Old English "is" (ice) plus "gicel" (a piece of ice), so it literally means "ice-piece."
Words with a similar meaning
ice spikes
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