ice sheet

noun

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The wind is also kicking up snow from the surface of the adjacent ice sheet, which created streams of white across the scene. Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024 State of play: Projects on local ballots range from a new state-of-the-art sports facility in Chanhassen with ice sheets, a field house and an indoor playground, to improvements to Stillwater's riverfront park. Torey Van Oot, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024 When continental ice sheets melt at the end of ice ages, the Earth’s crust has to compensate for the loss of mass in a process similar to what’s happening at Mount Everest. Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Oct. 2024 Perhaps an ice sheet, disturbed by the rockfall, was ringing like a bell. Robin George Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ice sheet 

Word History

First Known Use

1831, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of ice sheet was in 1831

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“Ice sheet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20sheet. Accessed 6 Nov. 2024.

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