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pancake ice

[ pan-keyk ahys ]

noun

  1. 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

  1. thin slabs of newly formed ice in polar seas
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

One morning early in September, however, he found to his sorrow that pancake-ice was forming on the sea.

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