Part of a cold compress

I believe the answer is:

ice

(Other definitions for ice that I've seen before include "Do cake decoration" , "Girl's best friends" , "Frozen water - diamonds" , "Cool down" , "dessert" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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