Etymology From Middle English *is-cold, from Old English īsċeald; equivalent to ice + cold. Cognate with Saterland Frisian ieskoold (“ice-cold”), West Frisian iiskâld (“ice-cold”), Dutch ijskoud (“ice-cold”), Afrikaans yskoud (“ice-cold”), German Low German ieskold (“ice-cold”), German eiskalt (“ice-cold”), Yiddish אײַזקאַלט (ayzkalt, “ice-cold”), Danish iskold (“ice-cold”), Swedish iskall (“ice-cold”), Norwegian iskald (“ice-cold”), Faroese ísakaldur (“ice-cold”), Icelandic ískaldur (“ice-cold”).
Near-synonyms: stone cold, cold as a well-digger's arse; see also Thesaurus:cold
I'm going to put my coat back on — I'm ice-cold again!
2
Figuratively Of a person, look, or behavior: without emotion; distant; (sometimes) silently disapproving.
I don't know why she gave me an ice-cold look — I had thought that the topic of conversation was totally innocuous.
3
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ice, cold: as cold as ice or nearly so (close to a freezing point).
Near-synonyms: stone cold, cold as a well-digger's arse; see also Thesaurus:cold
ice-cold beer here
3 more examples
It's best to serve this dessert while it's still ice-cold.
Now I'm sitting here Sipping on my ice-cold beer Lazing on a sunny afternoon.1966, The Kinks, Sunny Afternoon:
When Tripp holds his red soda like it’s an ice-cold beer, it probably isn’t actually Mountain Dew Code Red, but it might as well be.2017 January 12, Jesse Hassenger, “A literal monster truck is far from the stupidest thing about Monster Trucks”, in The Onion AV Club:
ice-cold
noun
Etymology From Middle English *is-cold, from Old English īsċeald; equivalent to ice + cold. Cognate with Saterland Frisian ieskoold (“ice-cold”), West Frisian iiskâld (“ice-cold”), Dutch ijskoud (“ice-cold”), Afrikaans yskoud (“ice-cold”), German Low German ieskold (“ice-cold”), German eiskalt (“ice-cold”), Yiddish אײַזקאַלט (ayzkalt, “ice-cold”), Danish iskold (“ice-cold”), Swedish iskall (“ice-cold”), Norwegian iskald (“ice-cold”), Faroese ísakaldur (“ice-cold”), Icelandic ískaldur (“ice-cold”).