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

Profiting by this, Benjy quietly moved away round a colossal buttress of the berg, and took refuge in an ice-cave.

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It is an ice-cave, where the snow never melts from year's end to year's end.

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Fill individual dishes or paper cases, stand at once in the freezing kettle or ice cave; pack and freeze from three to four hours.

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So a little later the four young people set off for the ice cave.

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Her face was white as the snow, her eyes were blue as the air in the ice-cave, and her hair hung down straight, like icicles.

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