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ice shoves

ice shoves is the plural of ice shove.

Meaning of ice shove

Noun

ice shove (countable and uncountable, plural ice shoves)

  1. 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

Questions about ice shoves

What is ice shoves the plural of?
Ice shoves is the plural of ice shove.

Words near ice shoves in the dictionary

  1. ice sheet
  2. ice sheets
  3. ice shelf
  4. ice shelves
  5. ice shove
  6. ice shoves
  7. ice show
  8. ice shows
  9. ice skate
  10. ice skater
  11. ice skaters

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