sheet ice
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sheet ice
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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Relating this to a normal road car, it might feel like driving off a snowy road and on to sheet ice.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2019
It said driving snow, sheet ice and lightning were plaguing its efforts to restore power.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2015
It's 50 feet under the sheet ice now.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 5, 2012
Customers have to navigate sheet ice at the entrance to a central London branch of Holland & Barrett, a chain selling health foods and natural remedies.
From Time Magazine Archive
Our progress was very slow, sometimes we worked our way among the sheet ice, then we came to a hard slab on to which we jumped and hauled the boat over it.
From Hurricane Hurry by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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