ice-free
ice-free adjective: free of all ice; not covered in ice.
Adjective
ice-free (not comparable)
- Free of all ice; not covered in ice.
- Generally speaking, in the summer the ore from Kiruna is sent to Narvik, and that from Gällivare to Luleå, but, as Luleå is not ice-free (as is Narvik), all traffic in the winter must go to the latter, though this is to some extent mitigated by the fact that the output of the mines tends to be...1958 April, M. D. Greville, “Norway's Most Northerly Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 240
- Ch’in-huang-tao had the largest glass factory in China. As the only ice-free port of north China, it developed an important transit trade by rail for Tientsin and south Manchuria, since the town is on the main rail line between Manchuria and north China.1964, Joseph Earle Spencer, “CH’IN-HUANG-TAO”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 5, →OCLC, page 656, column 1
ice-free meaning in Tamil
ice-free in Tamil
- பனிக்கட்டியில்லா
Forms of ice-free
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Origin of ice-free
From ice + -free.
Questions about ice-free
- What does ice-free mean?
- Ice-free means free of all ice; not covered in ice.
- What is ice-free in Tamil?
- Ice-free in Tamil is பனிக்கட்டியில்லா. See Ice-free meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is ice-free?
- Ice-free is an adjective.
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