anti-icer

[ an-tee-ahy-ser ]

noun

1. a device used to prevent the forming of ice, as on an airplane propeller.
2. a fluid used in such a device.

anti-icer

noun

1. a device fitted to an aircraft to prevent the formation of ice Compare de-icer

Word History and Origins

Origin of anti-icer¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Lincoln has used brine before, often as an anti-icer, striping major streets, key intersections and bridges with it in advance of predicted snowfall, and sometimes wetting the dry salt before it hit the ground.

From Washington Times

Usually a precautionary anti-icer solution - which helps prevent the build-up of ice - is applied after the de-icer.

From BBC

Said Chairman Tom Girdler: "The Catalina long-range patrol bombers have been in production several months equipped with the radically new thermal anti-icer."

From Time Magazine Archive