ice cave
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ice cave
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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Police said in their press release around 18:00 that an ice cave had collapsed.
From BBC • Aug. 25, 2024
It was filmed in an ice cave that isn’t on any standard maps, one she and Navarro are later told has whale bones frozen inside its ceiling.
From Salon • Feb. 5, 2024
As early as 1947, residents around Switzerland’s Aletsch glacier were spreading sawdust across the roof of an ice cave created for tourists to shield it from the sun’s radiation.
From Scientific American • Mar. 6, 2023
One of the tours leads to an ice cave and Bernlow, who’s been here for more than a decade, said they’re watching it disappear year after year.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2023
We also telephoned time to the ice cave in which the pendulums were being swung when determining the force of gravity.
From South with Scott by Mountevans, Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, baron
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