pancake ice

[pan-keyk ahys]

noun

1. a grouping of circular, flat pieces of ice with raised rims, formed by the accumulation of frazil and slush on the surface water of seas and large lakes.

   They call the pancake ice this far north “the lily pads of the Arctic,” which is perfectly descriptive.

pancake ice

noun

1. thin slabs of newly formed ice in polar seas

Word History and Origins

Origin of pancake ice¹

First recorded in 1810–20; ice pancake ( def. )

Example Sentences

Another neat ice effect is something called pancake ice, where gently sloshing waves cause water to freeze into tons of individual patties, rather than a solid sheet.

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Called Pancake Ice, it’s a cross between Chemdawg and Mandarin Cookies and it’s more-than-33%-THC content packs a punch.

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I personally hope we’ll always have Pancake Ice just so I can have access to it.

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Perhaps this has to do with the variable concentration of what Dr. Biddle called “pancake ice,” which creates heat variations in the mixed layer.

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There’s also a chocolate ice-cream base with fir-needle essence and crackles of Pop Rock-studded chocolate-covered graham crackers, a bonkers Mushroom Muddy Buddies that takes a favorite chocolate-and-peanut-butter childhood snack and infuses it with an overwhelming mushroom flavor, and a polarizing Buttermilk Pancakes, Bacon & Eggs — a flavor that, for better or worse, has bits of candied bacon lurking amid an incredibly rich pancake ice cream complete with an eggy ribbon of caramel.

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