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
The upper coast I estimated as being about one thousand feet high, flat, and covered with a thin sheet ice.
From My Attainment of the Pole by Cook, Frederick A.
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