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shelf ice

noun

Definition of SHELF ICE

:  an extensive ice sheet originating on land but continuing out to sea beyond the depths at which it rests on the sea bottom
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First Known Use of SHELF ICE

1910

Rhymes with SHELF 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, pack ice, precise, strike price, white rice, wild rice

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