ice-free

[ ahys-free, -free ]

adjective

1. free of ice.
2. (of a harbor or other body of water) free at all times of the year of any ice that would impede navigation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ice-free¹

First recorded in 1890–95; ice + -free

Example Sentences

That would have meant a fully re-vegetated (that is, lush with elk food) ice-free corridor.

From The Daily Beast

New research suggests the Arctic Ocean could be ice-free by 2015, with devastating consequences for the world.

From The Daily Beast

In just a few decades, the same ship may be able to sail all the way to an ice-free North Pole.

From The Daily Beast

Some of these Alpine lakes were ice-free for fewer than thirty days out of the whole year.

From Project Gutenberg

Nor did it equal early spring, when trout streams were ice-free and the earth still too wet for plowing.

From Project Gutenberg

The winter had broken early and the Scotch River was running ice-free and full from bank to bank.

From Project Gutenberg

The chipmunks which moved into these ice-free areas, then, became adapted to the new habitats.

From Project Gutenberg

The great Slav Empire covets an ice-free harbour in Norway, and until this war broke out was busily engaged in compassing its end.

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