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ice shelf

/ˈaɪs ˌʃɛlf/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables
ice shelf
IPA
/ˈaɪs ˌʃɛlf/
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thick, floating platform of ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface. Ice shelves are found in Antarctica, Greenland, and Canada only.

Inflected Forms

ice shelves (plural) ice-shelf (alternative) iceshelf (alternative)

Phrases

ice sheet

Frequently Paired Words

ice sheet

Synonyms

shelf ice

Questions

How do you pronounce ice shelf?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈaɪs ˌʃɛlf/.
What does ice shelf mean?
A thick, floating platform of ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface. Ice shelves are found in Antarctica, Greenland, and Canada only.

How to pronounce ice shelf

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