Stuart's Daily Word Spot: Ice

Ice: noun - frozen water, which is a brittle translucent crystallinesolid; a body of such frozen water; the sheet or layer of ice on a pond, river,etc; figuratively – a lack of warm feeling, cold-heartedness, deep reserve; anice cream; the icing on a cake; diamonds and other jewellery (slang); the profit made from illegalsales of theatre or cinema tickets (USslang); protection money (slang).
'Donald took his vanilla iceonto the frozen puddle, which was now solid and allowed him to skate on the surfaceof ice.'
'When Gordon made hissuggestion to her, Deidre replied with a glance that exposed the ice in herheart and he knew he'd spend the night in the guest room again.'
'Marylyn counted thecrystals of ice that poured from the soft leather bag, handed her by her agedbut hideously rich admirer, before she calculated how she'd reward him.'
Pic: Bridlington Bay.