Meaning Of The Word Dry ice

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dry ice
noun: solid carbon dioxide, which sublimes at –78.5°C: used as a refrigerant, and to create billows of smoke in stage shows
uncountable noun: Dry ice is a form of solid carbon dioxide that is used to keep things cold and to create smoke in stage shows.

dry ice in American English
carbon dioxide solidified and compressed into snowlike cakes that vaporize at -78.5°C without passing through a liquid state: used as a refrigerant
noun: the solid form of carbon dioxide, which sublimes at −109.26° F (−78.48°C) and is used chiefly as a refrigerant

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