ice-free
Americanadjective
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free of ice.
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(of a harbor or other body of water) free at all times of the year of any ice that would impede navigation.
Etymology
Origin of ice-free
Example Sentences
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Captured by the Soviet Union from Germany in 1945, it long served as Russia’s only ice-free port on the Baltic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Noting that its waters are ice-free thanks to the Gulf Stream, the Norwegian consultancy Rystad Energy has, for example, suggested excluding the Barents Sea from the EU's definition of the Arctic.
From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026
“It means that when these glaciers die off, we will be the first humans to see ice-free peaks in Yosemite,” said Andrew Jones, a researcher at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, who led the study.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025
The decline is tied to the amount of time the bay is now ice-free, a period that is getting longer as the climate warms.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2024
So we packed up and moved the 358 miles east to the Hampton Roads area, the largest ice-free harbor in the United States and home to some of the nation’s most important military installations.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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