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clear ice

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noun

  1. glaze ice, especially on aircraft.


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But these interactions are so rare that the observatory needed an enormous volume of clear ice.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Finally, before driving your car, clear ice and snow from the windshield and test the wipers to make sure they are working.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2022

The measurements, collected between 2012 and 2015, show that radar waves penetrated the clear ice at the Martian south pole but reflected strongly off a body of water that lay beneath.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 25, 2018

I finally decided to get cataract surgery when I realized I could no longer distinguish clear ice from wet spots on the sidewalk -- an obvious hazard.

From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2017

Swish went the windshield wipers, pushing the snow to the side, bunching the flakes up into knots and swirls of clear ice.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman

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