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ice-shelf

ice-shelf is the alternative form of ice shelf.

Meaning of ice shelf

Noun

ice shelf (plural ice shelves)

  1. A thick, floating platform of ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface. Ice shelves are found in Antarctica, Greenland, and Canada only.

Forms of ice-shelf

pluralice-shelves

Questions about ice-shelf

What is ice-shelf the alternative form of?
Ice-shelf is the alternative form of ice shelf.

Words near ice-shelf in the dictionary

  1. ice-safes
  2. ice-saw
  3. ice-saws
  4. ice-sheet
  5. ice-sheets
  6. ice-shelf
  7. ice-shelves
  8. ice-skate
  9. ice-skated
  10. ice-skates
  11. ice-skating

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