shelf ice

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noun

ice forming part of or broken from an ice shelf.

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Words nearby shelf ice

shelduck, shelepin, shelf, shelf angle, shelf fungus, shelf ice, shelf life, shelf mark, shelf paper, shelf talker, shelf-stacker

Origin of shelf ice

First recorded in 1910–15

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Examples from the Web for shelf ice

At a distance, large bergs would be undistinguishable from shelf-ice, appearances of which were reported above.
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Wild, Harrison and Hoadley went to examine the shelf-ice with a view to its suitability for a wintering station.
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In all, thirty-six tons of stores were raised on to the shelf-ice, one hundred feet above sea-level, in four days.
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Thus the northern face crumbles down into brash or floats away as part of a berg severed from the main body of the shelf-ice.
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The highest point was fifty feet above the level of the top of the shelf-ice.
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British Dictionary definitions for shelf ice

shelf ice

noun

a less common term for ice shelf

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Science definitions for shelf ice

shelf ice

An extension of glacial ice into coastal waters that is in contact with the bottom near the shore but not toward the outer edge of the shelf.