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ice shelf

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noun
  1. an ice sheet projecting into coastal waters so that the end floats.
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Origin of ice shelf

First recorded in 1910–15
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Historical Examples

  • To raise the packages from the floe to the top of the ice-shelf, a "flying-fox" was rigged.

    The Home of the Blizzard

    Douglas Mawson

British Dictionary definitions for ice shelf

ice shelf

noun
  1. a thick mass of ice that is permanently attached to the land but projects into and floats on the sea
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