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ice shove

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English

Syllables
ice shove
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From ice + shove, in reference to ice being shoved onto shore, and shoving items on shore further inland.

Usage

Inflected Forms

ice shoves (plural)

Synonyms

ice tsunami

Questions

What does ice shove mean?
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.
Where does ice shove come from?
From ice + shove, in reference to ice being shoved onto shore, and shoving items on shore further inland.

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