ice cap

noun

1

: a cover of perennial ice and snow

specifically : a glacier forming on an extensive area of relatively level land and flowing outward from its center

2

: an ice bag shaped to the head

Examples of ice cap in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Roughly 2,000 years ago, this ice cap started to slowly and steadily re-expand. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026

Pinning down the turn Scattered across the same plateau are other small ice caps, close enough to share the same climate. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026

Their graying jowls appear to be melting alongside the polar ice caps. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

At closest approach the planet swells in apparent size, revealing dark surface markings, polar ice caps and occasional dust storms. — Damian Peach, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1816, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for ice cap

• handicap
• overlap
• thunderclap
• wiretap
• app
• chap
• clap
• crap
• flap
• frap
• gap
• hap

Kids Definition

ice cap

noun

: a large glacier forming on level land and flowing outward from its center