deicer
/ˌdiˈaɪsɚ/noun
deicer is a noun meaning “A chemical substance used to melt ice or snow deposited on roads, vehicles or other surfaces” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled D-E-I-C-E-R, and it appears about once in every 83 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of deicer is deicers.
What does deicer mean?
noun
- 1
A chemical substance used to melt ice or snow deposited on roads, vehicles or other surfaces.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce deicer?
- UK /ˌdiˈaɪsə(ɹ)/
- US /ˌdiˈaɪsɚ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of deicer
- deicers plural
- de-icer
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is deicer?
Deicer appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does deicer come from?
From deice + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).