ice jam
Americannoun
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an obstruction of broken river ice in a narrow part of a channel.
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a mass of lake or sea ice broken and piled up against the shore by wind pressure.
Etymology
Origin of ice jam
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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And in far northern Maine, near the Canadian border, there’s still deep snow and a mile-long ice jam on the Aroostook River in Fort Fairfield, said Joseph Hewitt of the National Weather Service in Caribou.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 26, 2020
In Newaygo County, Mich., where a 21-mile ice jam on the Muskegon River had flooded yards and closed a bridge, the warm-up was welcome.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2019
The Allegheny River ice jam begins at the Springdale/Plum area and extends upriver past the Tarentum Bridge.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2018
Watch drone footage of the Susquehanna River ice jam:
From Washington Post ● Jan. 17, 2018
The great ice jam had parted from Rolfe’s Island and was swinging out into the open, pushing everything before it.
From Rose O' the River by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
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