ice block

noun

Scot, Australian and NZ a flavoured frozen water ice: in Australia and New Zealand, sometimes on a stick

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Examples from the Web for ice block

Historical Examples

They had just gained the top of an ice-block, which, unknown to the driver, overhung its base.
The Giant of the North
R.M. Ballantyne
The ice-block upon which they were gathered was set free in the current.
A Man's Woman
Frank Norris
The ice-block while part of the glacier is exposed to very severe pressure, which ceases when it falls into the sea.
The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II
A.E. Nordenskieold
He made out a shapeless white object ahead, and coming to another crack he scrambled to the top of an ice-block and leaped again.
The Long Portage
Harold Bindloss
By this time the ice-block had come near enough to let the strange object upon it be plainly seen.
Harper's Young People, May 4, 1880
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ice block

Examples from the Web for ice block

Historical Examples

They had just gained the top of an ice-block, which, unknown to the driver, overhung its base.

The ice-block upon which they were gathered was set free in the current.

The ice-block while part of the glacier is exposed to very severe pressure, which ceases when it falls into the sea.

He made out a shapeless white object ahead, and coming to another crack he scrambled to the top of an ice-block and leaped again.

By this time the ice-block had come near enough to let the strange object upon it be plainly seen.