ice sheet

noun

: ice cap sense 1

Examples of ice sheet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In some projections, that extra snow outweighs the ice lost to the warming ocean, and the ice sheet actually grows. — Robert Kopp, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026

As glaciers and ice sheets melt, causing sea levels to rise, some nations are at risk of being washed away entirely. — Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2026

The mission is the newest generation of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment — or GRACE — which tracks the movement and storage of Earth’s life-sustaining water, and has documented declining aquifers, melting ice sheets and rising sea levels. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

The international collaboration of polar scientists, headed by the European Space Agency, had in the past only looked at ice sheet melt since the 1990s based on European satellite data. — ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1831, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for ice sheet

• bittersweet
• incomplete
• indiscreet
• marguerite
• obsolete
• overeat
• overheat
• parakeet
• stillingfleet
• superheat
• amit
• athlete

Kids Definition

ice sheet

noun

: ice cap