ice cave

noun

1. a cave containing ice that remains unmelted during all or most of the year.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ice cave¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Police said in their press release around 18:00 that an ice cave had collapsed.

From BBC

Some say she has been apprenticing as a cobbler in the Italian countryside; others, that she’s formed an ice cave—and won the trust of indigenous penguin tribes—in Antarctica.

From Slate

The big revelations start hitting before the opening credits here, as Danvers and Navarro bust into the ice cave system in the middle of a storm that looks formidable even by Ennis standards.

From New York Times

And the pathway for the front-of-park car ride is still there, only now it hosts pedal cars and takes guests into an ice cave, spinning a tale about Santa’s dog Arrow, an original creation modeled after the Johnsons’ wolf dog, a fluffy white bear of a creature that looks fit for the Alaskan tundra.

From Los Angeles Times

It was filmed in an ice cave that isn’t on any standard maps, one she and Navarro are later told has whale bones frozen inside its ceiling.

From Salon