ice tongue
noun
a section of ice projecting from the base of a glacier.
Origin of ice tongue
1First recorded in 1890–95
Words Nearby ice tongue
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How to use ice tongue in a sentence
At daylight we were able to steer southwest, being at noon about twenty miles north of Termination Ice-Tongue.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonPushing through the looser edge of pack for a couple of hours we saw the loom of the ice-tongue to the southward.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonThe instant he slipped, I made a quick leap for a point of rock that barely pierced the steep ice-tongue.
The Rocky Mountain Wonderland | Enos A. MillsOur approximate position is forty miles east-north-east of Nordenskjold ice tongue.
South! | Sir Ernest ShackletonThe pack was dense and in massive array at the extremity of Termination Ice-Tongue.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
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