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What (who) is ICICLE - definition
SPIKE OF ICE FORMED BY WATER DRIPPING AND FREEZING
Icicles
![Icicles on a street lamp in [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Icicles on a street lamp.jpg?width=200 "Icicles on a street lamp in [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]")
![Icicles gathered on a street sign in [[Eugene, Oregon]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Street Signs With Icicles.jpg?width=200 "Icicles gathered on a street sign in [[Eugene, Oregon]]")
icicle
(icicles)
An icicle is a long pointed piece of ice hanging down from a surface. It forms when water comes slowly off the surface, and freezes as it falls.
N-COUNT
Icicle
·noun A pendent, and usually conical, mass of ice, formed by freezing of dripping water; as, the icicles on the eaves of a house.
icicle
¦ noun a hanging, tapering piece of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water.
Origin
ME: from ice + dialect ickle 'icicle' (from OE gicel).
Wikipedia
Icicle
An icicle is a spike of ice formed when water falling from an object freezes.
Examples of use of ICICLE
1. Motorists unaccustomed to driving on ice took the day off after waking up to light snow, trees sagging with ice and icicle–draped cars.
2. The Amarnath shrine is a cave that houses a large icicle revered by Hindus as an incarnation of the Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction and regeneration.
3. The pilgrims come to see a large icicle in a cave that devout Hindus revere as an incarnation of the Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction and regeneration.
4. The pilgrims who flock to the controversial shrine come to see a large icicle in a cave that devout Hindus revere as an incarnation of the Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction and regeneration.
5. Todays eclectic events include a talk on the John Peel Roadshow delivered by a member of The Icicle Works in Manchester, an evening of Shetland Isles rock in Lerwick and a concert by the double–platinum singer K.