1. a device or appliance that automatically produces ice cubes or crushed ice

Examples

• The refrigerator has a built-in icemaker that produces fresh ice cubes every day.
• We filled the cooler with ice from the icemaker before the picnic.
• The icemaker in the freezer was making a strange noise, so we called a repair technician.
• She pressed the button on the icemaker to dispense crushed ice for her drink.
• The hotel room had a small icemaker in the mini-fridge for guests.
• Our old icemaker broke, so we had to buy ice from the store for a week.