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pack ice

noun

: a very large sheet of ice floating in the sea that is made from smaller pieces that have frozen together

Full Definition of PACK ICE

:  sea ice formed into a mass by the crushing together of pans, floes, and brash
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First Known Use of PACK ICE

1850

Rhymes with PACK ICE

advice, allspice, black ice, Brandeis, bride-price, brown rice, concise, cut ice, cut-price, deice, device, dry ice, entice, excise, fried rice, list price, make nice, no dice, off-price, on ice, precise, shelf ice, strike price, white rice, wild rice

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