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ice sheet

noun

  1. a broad, thick sheet of ice covering an extensive area for a long period of time.
  2. a glacier covering a large fraction of a continent.


ice sheet

noun

  1. a thick layer of ice covering a large area of land for a long time, esp those in Antarctica and Greenland
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ice sheet1

First recorded in 1870–75
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Example Sentences

Today, global warming appears to be making the water in the north Atlantic less salty, due to extra freshwater from a melting Greenland ice sheet and more rainfall.

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It's the world's largest island and 80% of it is covered by an ice sheet.

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Camp Century, the Army’s nuclear-powered base, hummed inside the ice sheet.

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It was the start of a grand plan that would have intermediate range tactical nuclear missiles moving back and forth through ice sheet tunnels.

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Like an ice cube on a sultry summer day, Greenland’s ice sheet is melting, and that water, flowing into the ocean, is steadily raising sea level globally.

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