- ice cap
- nouna mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak)• Syn: ↑icecap• Hypernyms: ↑ice mass
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noun1. : an ice bag shaped to be fitted to the head2. : a cover of perennial ice and snow (as in the polar regions or on a mountain peak above the snow line); specifically : a glacier forming on an extensive area of relatively level land (as a plateau, or a large part of a continent) and flowing outward from its centerthe endless polar ice cap was running between eight and eighty feet thick — W.R.Anderson
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a large area of ice that covers the land and sea around the North or South Pole* * *
(also icecap) n. a covering of ice over a large area, esp. on the polar region of a planet* * *
noun, pl ⋯ caps [count]: a very large and thick sheet of ice that covers the North Pole, the South Pole, or another regionthe polar ice cap
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a layer of ice permanently covering parts of the earth, especially around the North and South Poles
Useful english dictionary. 2012.