Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

iceman

/ˈaɪsmæn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.72 in modern English

Syllables: ice-man
IPA: /ˈaɪsmæn/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who trades in ice; a person employed to deliver block ice to those lacking electric refrigeration.

noun

A man who is skilled in travelling upon ice, as among glaciers.

noun

A human figure carved out of ice.

noun

An ancient human male mummified in ice.

noun

Slang

noun

One who is cool under pressure.

Slang

noun

A man in attendance at a frozen pond where skating etc. is going on.

Dated

Example Sentences

"We were accompanied by our two guides, Jean Baptiste Croz and Michel Croz, of Chamounix, two capital icemen, and worthy fellows."
"Baltiel had always been the iceman, harsh and distant and lacking in sentiment."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-so-der. Proto-Germanic *īsą Proto-West Germanic *īs Old English īs Middle English is English ice Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English iceman From ice + -man.

Usage

Slang
Dated

Inflected Forms

icemen (plural)

Derived Forms

icemanship

Synonyms

hatchet man

Questions

How do you pronounce iceman?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈaɪsmæn/.
What does iceman mean?: A person who trades in ice; a person employed to deliver block ice to those lacking electric refrigeration.
Where does iceman come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-so-der. Proto-Germanic *īsą Proto-West Germanic *īs Old English īs Middle English is English ice Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English iceman From ice + -man.

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