ice cap

ice cap
noun
a 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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noun
1. : an ice bag shaped to be fitted to the head
2. : 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 center

the endless polar ice cap was running between eight and eighty feet thick — W.R.Anderson

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ice cap UK US noun [countable] [singular ice cap plural ice caps]
a large area of ice that covers the land and sea around the North or South Pole
Thesaurus: icebergs and other masses of icesynonym lakes and pondshyponym

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(also icecap) n. a covering of ice over a large area, esp. on the polar region of a planet

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noun, pl ⋯ caps [count]
: a very large and thick sheet of ice that covers the North Pole, the South Pole, or another region

the polar ice cap

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ˈice cap [ice cap ice caps] noun
a layer of ice permanently covering parts of the earth, especially around the North and South Poles

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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