Home                   
Crossword Solver
Glossary HQ
Links for Word Lovers
Word of the Week
Help                      
Copyrights           
Privacy                 
Webmasters
Link to Us
Contact Us           
Bookstore            
 

 
 
Complete Definition of "ice shelf"

English
wikipedia
Pronunciation
IPA|/�aɪs ���lf/

Noun
en-noun|sgice shelf|plice shelves

  1. A thick, floating platform of ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface. Ice shelves are found in Antarctica, Greenland, and Canada only.

See also
ice sheet

Revision and Credits for"ice shelf"
  • 2007-01-10 13:10 - Jonathan Webley - Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/Grahamec|Grahamec]] ([[User_talk:Grahamec|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:EncycloPetey|EncycloPetey]]

    • Full Revision History
Dictionary content provided from Wiktionary.org under the
GNU Free Documentation License
 
 

 Find:
  Words Starting With:
  Words Ending With:
  Words Containing:
  Words That Match:
 
 Translate Into:
   Dutch   French   German
   Italian   Spanish
    Show results per page.
Browse the Dictionary
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

   
Allwords Copyright 1998-2024 All rights reserved.