shelf ice

1. 1.

   ice that is attached to land but projects out to sea

   Synonymsice shelf

   Broaderice

Questions about shelf ice

What does shelf ice mean?

shelf ice means "ice that is attached to land but projects out to sea".

What is another word for shelf ice?

Close synonyms include ice shelf. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shelf ice a common word?

shelf ice is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.