A blue cube of ice. Can be used to talk about literal ice, cold drinks, or chilly temperatures.

This emoji can also be used metaphorically to talk about something cool, calm or 'chill'. In slang, ice refers to diamonds or expensive jewelry, while phrases like ice in my veins are used in sports contexts to describe being calm under pressure.

Within the United States, this emoji has also been used as a visual stand-in for ‘ICE’ (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) in activist or protest posts.

Ice was approved as part of Unicode 12.0 in 2019 under the name "Ice Cube" and added to Emoji 12.0 in 2019.