ice field

noun

1
: an extensive sheet of sea ice
2

Examples of ice field in a Sentence

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Juneau Icefield lies 2,000 feet north of Juneau and extends through the border with British Columbia and is the fifth-largest ice field in North America. Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 3 July 2024 In fact, the glacier has diminished so greatly that scientists have reclassified it as an ice field. Andrea Vasquez Guillen, Washington Post, 1 July 2024 Its wetlands serve as a pit stop for 180 species of migratory birds, including America’s national bird, on their springtime journey towards the ice fields and glaciers at the road’s northernmost reaches. Teddy Brokaw, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024 Meteorites are particularly plentiful in blue ice fields. Katie Hunt, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ice field 

Word History

First Known Use

1694, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of ice field was in 1694

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

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