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pancake ice
[ pan-keyk ahys ]
noun
- a grouping of circular, flat pieces of ice with raised rims, formed by the accumulation of frazil and slush on the surface water of seas and large lakes:
They call the pancake ice this far north “the lily pads of the Arctic,” which is perfectly descriptive.
pancake ice
noun
- thin slabs of newly formed ice in polar seas
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pancake ice1
First recorded in 1810–20; ice pancake ( def )
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Example Sentences
So I took the ship north, and at daylight on Friday we got clear of the pancake-ice.
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One morning early in September, however, he found to his sorrow that pancake-ice was forming on the sea.
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