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icework

icework noun: glacier action.

Noun

icework (uncountable)

  1. Glacier action.
    • Many seedlings invaded this bar and, although moved about by the icework the next spring, were not all washed away. Sand caught by these plants built up the spit. No sand remained to add to the bottom of the bay beyond.1948, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, page 7
  2. Art or building work using ice as a material.
    • This ability grants a dwarf a +2 racial bonus on Search checks to notice unusual icework, such as sliding walls, icework traps, new construction (even when built to match the old), unsafe ice surfaces, shaky ice ceilings, […]Nitehawk Interactive Games, Outcastia Campaign Setting Book II: Player's Guidebook (page 16)

Origin of icework

From ice + work.

Questions about icework

What does icework mean?
Icework means glacier action.
What part of speech is icework?
Icework is a noun.

Words near icework in the dictionary

  1. icewells
  2. icewine
  3. icewines
  4. icewoman
  5. icewomen
  6. icework
  7. iceworks
  8. iceworm
  9. iceworms
  10. icey
  11. ICF

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