variants or soft-serve
: a smooth semisolid ice cream that contains less milk fat than regular ice cream and is made in and dispensed from a freezer in which it is aerated and continuously churned
often used before another noun
soft-serve ice cream
a soft-serve machine

Examples of soft serve in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Rewards members can get a free soft-serve ice cream with any $1 purchase on the national holiday. Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 3 July 2024 The shop also sells soft-serve ice cream and iced refresher drinks (like its blue raspberry lemonade). Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2024 In his Bar on A, 2010–11, a human form with a soft-serve ice cream cone for a head tugs at the leash of a dog whose noggin has been similarly replaced. News Desk, Artforum, 28 June 2024 It’s been hundreds of thousands of innovations through the lens of cookies, cakes, pie, and soft-serve ice cream. Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 June 2024 Kids would stroll to the nearby Fosters Freeze for soft-serve ice cream. Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2024 Then it’s topped with soft-serve chocolate ice cream and frozen for several hours. Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 16 June 2024 Erewhon also began selling a soft-serve sundae inspired by the popular drink. Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 4 June 2024 There’s also soft-serve ice cream, shakes and hot and iced coffee drinks. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of soft serve was in 1955

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Cite this Entry

“Soft serve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soft%20serve. Accessed 14 Jul. 2024.

Kids Definition

soft-serve

noun
ˈsȯf(t)-ˌsərv
: smooth soft ice cream made in and dispensed from a freezer in which it is continuously churned
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