ice shove
ice shove noun: a phenomenon which occurs at the interface of land and water, when partially frozen-over bodies of water with broken ice encounter a constant wind that blows onto shore, blowing the pieces of ice onto shore, which pile up and drive further inland, potentially crushing shoreside buildings or pushing them off their foundations.
Noun
ice shove (countable and uncountable, plural ice shoves)
- A phenomenon which occurs at the interface of land and water, when partially frozen-over bodies of water with broken ice encounter a constant wind that blows onto shore, blowing the pieces of ice onto shore, which pile up and drive further inland, potentially crushing shoreside buildings or pushing them off their foundations.
- Synonyms:
- ice tsunami
Synonyms of ice shove
Forms of ice shove
| plural | ice shoves |
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Origin of ice shove
From ice + shove, in reference to ice being shoved onto shore, and shoving items on shore further inland.
Questions about ice shove
- What does ice shove mean?
- Ice shove means a phenomenon which occurs at the interface of land and water, when partially frozen-over bodies of water with broken ice encounter a constant wind that blows onto shore, blowing the pieces of ice onto shore, which pile up and drive further inland, potentially crushing shoreside buildings or pushing them off their foundations.
- What part of speech is ice shove?
- Ice shove is a noun.
- What is the plural of ice shove?
- The plural of ice shove is ice shoves.
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