Read full poem →always either in blossom or full of oranges. My parents had a picnic basket
and a metal chest. In the metal chest were frozen cans of fruit on dry ice,
and in the picnic basket were weenie and liverwurst and salami sandwiches,
Dictionary Entry
Carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state, used especially as a cooling agent and for the production of fog-like special effects. It sublimes at −78.5 °C (−109.3 °F) at normal atmospheric pressure.
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Poetry examples for “dry ice”
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