Loading solver...
To ease tension, awkwardness, or silence when meeting strangers in a social setting.
"The host organized a trivia game to break the ice among guests."
"A warm smile and a compliment are the best ways to break the ice."
Individual vocabulary building blocks comprising this expression
Programmatically detected rhetorical, acoustic, and combinatorial properties
Derived from historic seafaring, navigation, sails, and oceanic maritime traditions ('ice').
From maritime icebreaker ships clearing frozen navigation waterways for merchant vessels so trade and interaction could flow smoothly.
Explore 64,000+ idioms, proverbs, sayings, maxims, and phrasal verbs with origins and component breakdowns.
Browse All Expressions HubBrowse words starting with, ending in, length cheat sheets, and high-scoring Scrabble plays.
View Word Lists