Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ice bridge

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.57 in modern English

Syllables: ice bridge
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ice control structure on a river, to control flowing river ice, that spans the breadth of the river, and may have a traversable roadway on top.

noun

A type of ice road, a floating-bridge-like roadway made of floating ice atop a body of water.

noun

A type of ice road, a causeway-like road across a body of water, made of full-depth ice, where from the road surface to the lakebed or riverbed is solid ice.

Example Sentences

"The ice bridge thus successfully inaugurated continued in operation until March 31, when the thaw having begun to affect the ice, the management ordered the track to be dismantled rather than risk accident."

Inflected Forms

ice bridges (plural)

Phrases

haul road

Frequently Paired Words

haul road

Questions

What does ice bridge mean?: An ice control structure on a river, to control flowing river ice, that spans the breadth of the river, and may have a traversable roadway on top.

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