dry ice
noun/dɹaɪˈaɪs/ · /ˈdɹaɪ.aɪs/
Etymology A genericized trademark of the DryIce Corporation of America.
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Carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state, which sublimes at −78.5 °C (−109.3 °F) at normal atmospheric pressure, used especially as a cooling agent and for the production of foglike special effects.
- Two women were found unresponsive in a car along with the likely culprit – four coolers of dry ice – Friday morning in Pierce County, Washington, CNN affiliate KOMO reports.2018 August 1, Michael Nedelman, “Ice cream salesman’s wife and mother suffocated by dry ice in car”, in CNN: