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Icing

of Ice

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Broader term 6

Freeze 76% connected

A frieze.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Freezing 76% connected

of Freeze

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Maneuver 76% connected

Alt. of Manoeuvre

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Manoeuvre 76% connected

Management; dexterous movement; specif., a military or naval evolution, movement, or change of position.

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Play 76% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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Topping 76% connected

of Top

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Derivationally related 2

Ice 74% connected

Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state by cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent colorless substance, crystalline, britt…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Ice 74% connected

Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state by cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent colorless substance, crystalline, britt…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Frost 92% connected

The act of freezing; -- applied chiefly to the congelation of water; congelation of fluids.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Frosting 92% connected

of Frost

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Ice 92% connected

Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state by cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent colorless substance, crystalline, britt…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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