ground ice
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ground ice
First recorded in 1685–95
Example Sentences
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The flood may have stimulated subsidence by warming the ground, causing ground ice to melt, the authors state.
From Science Daily • Oct. 11, 2023
"We interpret the subsidence that we observed with remote sensing to be largely due to melting of ground ice," Zwieback said.
From Science Daily • Oct. 11, 2023
It’s gonna drip down, down on the ground, ice cone.
From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2021
In Manhattan's Madison Square Garden this week was to open a winter sports show, complete with a ski slide covered with snow-like ground ice.
From Time Magazine Archive
It had been icy that morning, but the sun had come out, softening the ground ice into mush.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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