icy cold

This page is about the collocation icy cold

collocation pattern: adverb + adjective

Meaning

extremely cold

For example

  • The water in this river's always icy cold.

  • My hands were icy cold. I could barely move my fingers.

Note:
A similar collocation is "freezing cold"

Quick Quiz

The beer was icy cold. It was

a. shivering

b. frozen solid

c. as cold as ice
a) shivering b) frozen solid c) as cold as ice

Contributor: Matt Errey