broken ice

noun

, Oceanography.

1. sea ice that covers from 50 to 80 percent of the surface of water in any particular area.

Example Sentences

Earlier in the transit, the icebreaker encountered a passage clogged with towering, jagged fragments of broken ice that had been compacted together by severe winds.

From Time

Nobody knew just what to do, it was so hard to get to him on the broken ice, and the man couldn't swim.

From Project Gutenberg

Ahead of us was a glittering line of broken ice, stretching at right angles to our path.

From Project Gutenberg

Retracing the way out of the broken ice, we steered in a south-westerly direction, just above the line of serac and crevassed ice.

From Project Gutenberg

Something had happened, and though Harky did not know what it was, he suspected that the broken ice provided the proper clue.

From Project Gutenberg

Harky and Mun, who'd lingered near the broken ice for the better part of an hour, would have heard her bark.

From Project Gutenberg