ice mass

/aɪs mæs/
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Other forms: ice masses

Definitions of ice mass
  1. noun
    a large mass of ice
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    glacier
    a slowly moving mass of ice
    berg, iceberg
    a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier
    ice cap, icecap
    a mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak)
    ice field
    a large flat mass of ice (larger than an ice floe) floating at sea
    floe, ice floe
    a flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea
    Alpine glacier, Alpine type of glacier
    a glacier that moves down from a high valley
    continental glacier
    a glacier that spreads out from a central mass of ice
    growler
    a small iceberg or ice floe just large enough to be hazardous for shipping
    Piedmont glacier, Piedmont type of glacier
    a type of glaciation characteristic of Alaska; large valley glaciers meet to form an almost stagnant sheet of ice
    type of:
    formation, geological formation
    (geology) the geological features of the earth
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