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ice cave

American  

noun

  1. a cave containing ice that remains unmelted during all or most of the year.


Etymology

Origin of ice cave

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

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Police said in their press release around 18:00 that an ice cave had collapsed.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2024

As early as 1947, residents around Switzerland’s Aletsch glacier were spreading sawdust across the roof of an ice cave created for tourists to shield it from the sun’s radiation.

From Scientific American • Mar. 6, 2023

One of the tours leads to an ice cave and Bernlow, who’s been here for more than a decade, said they’re watching it disappear year after year.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2023

Mookhoek’s GPS track from 2021 across the receding glacier to an ice cave on its edges now runs through boulders and gravel.

From New York Times • May 19, 2022

"These shots will alarm those people we left at the ice cave."

From The Golden Canyon by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

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