ice island

noun

1. a tabular iceberg in the Arctic region.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ice island¹

First recorded in 1770–80

Example Sentences

We thus had the ice-island between us and the possibly hostile ship.

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We will permit the ice island to tow us along, as long as she goes toward the south or west.

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None slept, and the night wore slowly away as our ice-island floated we knew not whither.

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As we groped about we struck an old floating ice-island, about twelve feet square.

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"Possibly they may bear up through the channel to the west of the ice-island," said Raed.

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