ice field

noun

1
: an extensive sheet of sea ice
2

Examples of ice field in a Sentence

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For icebreakers—whose job is to batter themselves against on unwitting ice field—a user needs around four ships and a lot of spare engines and other key parts to keep one on station. Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025 Forest, desert, mountain, coastline, ice field ... take your pick. New Atlas, 2 Aug. 2025 Even sourcing something as seemingly simple as halibut can mean braving -40 degree temperatures in the depths of winter, heading out by dog sled to frozen ice fields, and hauling up fish by hand. Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2025 Climate change is not about what might happen to your grandchild in 50 years or about what’s happening to polar bears on ice fields somewhere. Peter Bergen, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ice field

Word History

First Known Use

1694, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of ice field was in 1694

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“Ice field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20field. Accessed 7 Sep. 2025.

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