ice giant

Meaning

Noun

• An instance of a type of giants associated with coldness and iciness.
• A giant planet composed mostly of astronomical ices (condensed forms of volatile compounds) including water, methane, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur, and smaller than a gas giant. (e.g. Neptune and Uranus)

Related

Similar words

• ice giant planet
• Neptunian planet

Narrower meaning words

• Neptune
• Uranus
• super-Neptune
• sub-Neptune

Broader meaning words

• giant planet