ice pack
1 : an expanse of pack ice
2 : a bag or other container filled with frozen material (such as crushed ice) and applied to a body part (as to relieve pain or reduce swelling)
Recent Examples on the Web
//Katie McCurdy Jenny Slate is lying on a couch with an ice pack under her back, legs draped over its arm, looking out the window of her Massachusetts home.
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Kate Dwyer, Marie Claire, "Jenny Slate Is Deeply Weird," 17 Oct. 2019
//Crackers and other snacks were stuffed in another, and a third was loaded with ice packs.
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Michael Cabanatuan, SFChronicle.com, "Will strict security measures spoil the fun at Hardly Strictly? Hardly, fans say," 4 Oct. 2019
//Minson also suggests drinking cold water before a hot workout or even putting ice packs on the back of your neck to cool your body down pre-workout.
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Amy Marturana, SELF, "Why Am I So Bad at Exercising in the Heat?," 3 July 2019
//The woman, who was sitting just beyond the protective netting that extends to the end of the dugouts, initially stayed in her seat and was given an ice pack.
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Jill Martin, CNN, "Los Angeles Dodgers say they'll extend protective netting after a fan was hit in the head by a foul ball at Dodger Stadium," 24 June 2019
//The next three weeks was a period of constant anxiety, the ice pack surging back and forth along the shore on each tide, and liable to crash in upon us at any time.
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Robert E. (robert Edwin) Peary, Harper's magazine, "Unyielding Ice," 10 June 2019
//This can include over-the-counter topical treatments, adding fiber to your diet to make bowel movements easier, ice packs—and, yep, sitz baths.
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Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, "What the Hell Is a Sitz Bath? (And Why Would You Take One?)," 14 Mar. 2019
//Private labs have warned of cross-contamination from PFAS in blue chemical ice packs, sunscreens and Post-It Notes.
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Washington Post, "To the EPA, ‘Forever Chemicals’ Are a Big Problem Now," 18 Sep. 2019
//So grab a six-pack after working on your six-pack, or crush a few while lying on the couch with an ice pack on your back.
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Sara K. Runnels, The New Yorker, "Other Brands Launching Hard Seltzers," 5 Sep. 2019
First Known Use of ice pack
1835, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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