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drift ice
noun
- detached floating ice in masses that drift with the wind or ocean currents, as in the polar seas.
drift ice
noun
- masses of ice floating in the open sea
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Word History and Origins
Origin of drift ice1
First recorded in 1590–1600
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Example Sentences
Frequent gatherings of drift-ice passed, and at times ground together with a disagreeably strong sound.
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Here they saw an enormous herd of walruses, lying piled up over each other on the loose drift ice.
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Fog and rain and drift-ice were to be met on the grounds of Candlestick Cove.
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On the other hand, Agassiz seems to me mad about glaciers, and apparently never thinks of drift ice.
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The drift ice which the tempest had piled up around the "Alaska" had been broken up, and much of it had drifted away.
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