ice cap

noun

1
: a cover of perennial ice and snow
specifically : a glacier forming on an extensive area of relatively level land and flowing outward from its center
2
: an ice bag shaped to the head

Examples of ice cap in a Sentence

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This increase in ghost forest coverage is due to increasing sea levels worldwide, caused by spiking global temperatures and melting polar ice caps. Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024 As ice sheets warm, however, the meltwater spreads out across the global ocean, and most of the ocean is at lower latitudes, farther from the rotation axis than the ice caps are. Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024 Zoom in: Researchers at Oregon State analyzed ice cores drilled from the 2-mile-thick ice cap that covers Greenland, with data spanning up to 120,000 years. Kale Williams, Axios, 25 Oct. 2024 Global heating is melting the Greenland ice sheets and Arctic ice cap. The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ice cap 

Word History

First Known Use

1816, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of ice cap was in 1816

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“Ice cap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20cap. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

ice cap

noun
: a large glacier forming on level land and flowing outward from its center

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