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ice circles

ice circles is the plural of ice circle.

Meaning of ice circle

Noun

ice circle (plural ice circles)

  1. A phenomenon that occurs on rivers during winter, where floating ice caught in an eddying flow will rotate around, knocking off its distant edges, forming a floating revolving circular disk, slowing turning under the influence of the underlying vortex current; when the temperature conditions are not too warm, leading to ice breakup and fragility, and not too cool, freezing over the entire surface.
    Synonyms:
    ice disc, ice disk

Questions about ice circles

What is ice circles the plural of?
Ice circles is the plural of ice circle.

Words near ice circles in the dictionary

  1. ice chest
  2. ice chests
  3. ice cider
  4. ice ciders
  5. ice circle
  6. ice circles
  7. Ice City
  8. ice climber
  9. ice climbing
  10. ice coffee
  11. ice coffees

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