iced coffee

noun

variants or less commonly ice coffee
plural iced coffees also ice coffees
: a coffee beverage chilled by ice or refrigeration and served cold
Iced coffee has become a beverage for all seasons, but it's never so refreshing as on a summer afternoon.—Maura Grunlund

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Milliner points to iced coffee flavor add-ons as a small, affordable way people are marking the season. — Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026 Inside a hotel conference room downtown, rapper/vocalists Johnny and Taeyong and singers Jaehyun, Haechan and Yuta are dutifully seated at a table with iced coffees, pens and notepads. — Christine Terrisse, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026 Vivo, by the pool, is much more relaxed for breakfast, smoothies, iced coffee, gazpacho, or clams for lunch, and live music in the evenings. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026 Swirls of pumpkin flavor or tiramisu can also be added to any hot or iced coffee, Cold Brew or espresso drink. — Mike Snider, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for iced coffee

Word History

First Known Use

1834, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of iced coffee was in 1834

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“Iced coffee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iced%20coffee. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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