ice barrier


noun
  1. the outer margin of the Antarctic ice sheet, which extends beyond the coastline.

Words Nearby ice barrier

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use ice barrier in a sentence

  • The village of Bagnes, in Switzerland, overwhelmed by the giving away of an ice barrier.

  • A few hours later we were landing beside the Albatross, in the leaden blue sea beyond the ice barrier.

  • By one o'clock in the afternoon the river had risen eight feet, but the ice barrier still held.

    The Magnetic North | Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond)
  • Slasher, more wolf than dog, stood snarling his red-eyed hate in the face of the new-formed ice barrier.

    Connie Morgan in Alaska | James B. Hendryx
  • And he saw the lofty ice barrier, which in some places is as much as 300 feet high.

    From Pole to Pole | Sven Anders Hedin