anti-icer

[an-tee-ahy-ser]

noun

1. a device used to prevent the forming of ice, as on an airplane propeller.

2. a fluid used in such a device.

anti-icer

noun

1. a device fitted to an aircraft to prevent the formation of ice Compare de-icer

Word History and Origins

Origin of anti-icer¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Lincoln has used brine before, often as an anti-icer, striping major streets, key intersections and bridges with it in advance of predicted snowfall, and sometimes wetting the dry salt before it hit the ground.

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Usually a precautionary anti-icer solution - which helps prevent the build-up of ice - is applied after the de-icer.

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Said Chairman Tom Girdler: "The Catalina long-range patrol bombers have been in production several months equipped with the radically new thermal anti-icer."

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