water ice

noun

ice formed by direct freezing of fresh or salt water, and not by compacting of snow.
a frozen dessert, similar to sherbet, made of water, sweetener, and fruit syrup or other flavorings.

water ice

an ice cream made from a frozen sugar syrup flavoured with fruit juice or purée; sorbet

First recorded in 1810–20

Nevertheless it would surprise those acquainted only with fresh water ice to find how tough, sticky and intractable is sea-ice.

The prisms are of fresh water ice, for in freezing the brine is rejected and forced to occupy the interstices of the prisms.

Water of good drinking quality can be obtained by allowing sea water ice to thaw partially.

The brine, of lower freezing-point, flows away, leaving only fresh water ice behind.

It was while crossing an arm of the sea, a ten-mile run on salt-water ice, that the accident occurred.

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