ice sheet

noun

: ice cap sense 1

Examples of ice sheet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The ice sheets covering the area began to recede, leaving divots that soon filled with fresh water. — Story Hinckley, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2026

Eventually, 2,000 years ago, temperatures dropped far enough due to lower sunlight in the high latitudes, and the effects of carbon dioxide weren’t high enough, so ice sheets started to re-expand. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026

The warning comes from a new study by researchers at the University of California, Irvine, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, who developed an ice sheet model to better understand how Thwaites is changing. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026

At the same time, higher temperatures have meant record losses in the Greenland ice sheet and glaciers. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 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