Definition of Ice field

1. Noun. A large flat mass of ice (larger than an ice floe) floating at sea.

Generic synonyms: Ice Mass

Definition of Ice field

1. Noun. a network of interconnected glaciers or ice streams having a common source ¹

2. Noun. a large expanse of floating ice (several miles long) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ice Field

ice cream soda
ice cream sundae
ice cream truck
ice creams
ice crystal
ice cube
ice cube tray
ice cube trays
ice cubes
ice dams
ice dancing
ice diving
ice dwarf
ice dwarfs
ice field (current term)
ice fields
ice fish
ice fishing
ice floe
ice floes
ice fog
ice foot
ice fractal
ice giant
ice giants
ice hockey
ice hockey player
ice hockey players
ice hockey rink

Literary usage of Ice field

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1900)
"Ice-ridges in deep water, in the Baltic, never attain any considerable height, but the ice is difficult to pass through ; and it happens that the ice-field, ..."

2. Bulletin by Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology (1895)
"In the marginal portions of the Greenland ice field the slope of the surface towards the sea is tolerably steep, and is rent by numerous crevasses. ..."

3. Report (1904)
"EVIDENCES IN MICHIGAN OF SUCCESSIVE ADVANCES OF THE LABRADOR ice field. Inasmuch as the older sheets of drift were completely overridden in Michigan in the ..."

4. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"THE STORY OF UNG ONCE, on a glittering ice-field, ages and ages ago, Ung, a maker of pictures, fashioned an image of snow. ..."

5. The Story of the New England Whalers by John Randolph Spears (1908)
"... seen Arctic ice can fully appreciate the scene or the hardships endured by the crews as they worked upon and in front of the irresistible ice-field. ..."

6. The Voyage of the Vega Round Asia and Europe: With a Historical Review of by Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1885)
""o. ooc SECTION OF THE CPI'EH PART or THE SNOW OX A DRIFT-ice field IN 80' KL One-half the natural size. 1 I use this name because the ash-rain of March ..."

7. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1898)
"... ice field may have twice invaded this region, it is necessary to inquire into the probable effect of each of its two invasions. ..."

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