ice flowers
Americannoun
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formations of ice crystals on the surface of a still, slowly freezing body of water.
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Also called frost flowers. delicate tufts of frost on a surface of ice or snow.
Etymology
Origin of ice flowers
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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Instead of the barren ice, flowers were at her feet, and fruitful trees bent over her.
From Barriers Burned Away by Roe, Edward Payson
They were the most beautiful ice flowers any Snow Man could desire, but they concealed the stove.
From Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)
Beyond the island the snow is still very thin, barely covering the ice flowers, and the surface is still bad.
From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Scott, Robert Falcon
At length the Christmas sun rises glowing red, and the ice flowers vanish from the windows.
From From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People by Hedin, Sven Anders
Across the smooth wind-swept ice of the open tarns they would find a growth of ice flowers, six-rayed and complicated, more abundant and more beautiful than the Alpine-524- summer flowers.
From Marriage by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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