ice sheet

noun

Examples of ice sheet in a Sentence

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Some 37 miles of piping had to be laid to carry the 9,000 gallons of antifreeze necessary to form a smooth, fast ice sheet. Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 31 Dec. 2025 The ballpark has been kept between 60 and 65 degrees for more than a week now since the NHL began building the ice sheets and constructing the rink. Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 30 Dec. 2025 The future implication for West Antarctica is that when its ice sheet next collapses, the catastrophic events will return. Keiji Horikawa, The Conversation, 22 Dec. 2025 Seas pile up in some spots, pushed by trade winds or pulled by gravity toward big things like ice sheets. Chris Mooney, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ice sheet

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First Known Use

1831, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of ice sheet was in 1831

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“Ice sheet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20sheet. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.

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