Die of cold? (3,4)
I believe the answer is:
ice cube
'die of cold' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'die of cold' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'die' could be 'cube' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'cube' is found within the answer.
'cold' could be 'ice' (I've seen this before) and 'ice' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ice cube that I've seen before include "Drinks cooler" , "Cooling addition to drink" , "Frozen shape in a drink" , "It's used for cooling drinks" , "Something frozen" .)