Ice Shelf Definition

noun

A thick mass of glacial ice extending along a polar shore, often resting on the bottom near the shore with the seaward edge afloat: it may protrude hundreds of miles out to sea.

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shelf ice

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Noun

Singular:

ice shelf

Plural:

ice shelves

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