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ice sheet

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ice sheet noun
plural ice sheets
ice sheet
noun
plural ice sheets
Learner's definition of ICE SHEET
[count]
: a very large and thick area of ice that covers a region冰原;冰盖;冰盾

ice sheet

noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The study concluded that 3.3 percent of the Greenland ice sheet, or 110 trillion tons of ice, will inevitably melt. Harold Maass, The Week, 30 Aug. 2022 An ice sheet, like any solid, inherently vibrates at some natural frequency. Rachel Berkowitz, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2022 One result of rapid Arctic warming is faster melting of the Greenland ice sheet, which adds to sea-level rise. Henry Fountain, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2022 With limited sea ice, which is frozen ocean water, these Southeast Greenland polar bears use freshwater icebergs spawned from the shrinking Greenland ice sheet as makeshift hunting grounds, according to a study in Thursday’s journal Science. Seth Borenstein, Anchorage Daily News, 16 June 2022 With limited sea ice, which is frozen ocean water, these Southeast Greenland polar bears use freshwater icebergs spawned from the shrinking Greenland ice sheet as makeshift hunting grounds, according to a study in Thursday's journal Science. Seth Borenstein, ajc, 16 June 2022 The region is located southwest of the Sputnik Planitia ice sheet, which covers an ancient impact basin stretching 621 miles (1,000 kilometers) across. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 29 Mar. 2022 Antarctica has entered fall, yet temperatures rose 70 degrees (39 Celsius) above normal last week on its eastern ice sheet — an unprecedented occurrence for any time of year. Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2022 Scientists say warming conditions there are melting more of the ice sheet, adding to higher sea levels. Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2022 See More

Word History

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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