ice sheet
Americannoun
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a broad, thick sheet of ice covering an extensive area for a long period of time.
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a glacier covering a large fraction of a continent.
noun
Etymology
Origin of ice sheet
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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"Our claim in this paper is that the meltwater itself carries very little iron, and that most of the iron that it does carry comes from the grinding up and dissolving of bedrock into the liquid layer between the bedrock and the ice sheet, not from the ice that is driving sea level rise," Sherrell said.
From Science Daily
Tkachuk said: "There is just some outrageous star power on both sides, but it seems when you put all these great players on one ice sheet, it is the defence that is most noticeable and the tight-checking and limited ice."
From Barron's
Eight men sliding 16 stones down an ice sheet to the soundtrack of clunking granite, furious sweeping and hollered commands of "hard" and "curl".
From BBC
During the Cold War, the U.S. considered stationing nuclear missiles under the ice sheet in Greenland — and never told Greenlanders or Denmark about the secret project.
From Los Angeles Times
Surveying and mining under such a thick ice sheet is impossible, according to experts, leaving large areas of the territory unexplored.
From Barron's
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