- icefall
- noun Date: 1817 1. a frozen waterfall 2. the mass of usually jagged blocks into which a glacier may break when it moves down a steep declivity
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Icefall — Ice fall , n. A frozen waterfall, or mass of ice resembling a frozen waterfall. Coleridge. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
icefall — [īs′fôl΄] n. ☆ 1. a jumbled mass of pulverized ice broken from the terminus of a glacier at the edge of a mountain shelf 2. that part of a valley glacier descending an unusually steep slope where the ice is broken by crevasses … English World dictionary
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Icefall Nunatak, Victoria Land — Icefall Nunatak (coord|72|28|S|166|8|E|) is a nunatak 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Mount Watt in the Barker Range, Victoria Land. The nunatak was visited in 1981 82 by Bradley Field, geologist, NZGS, who suggested the name from the impressive… … Wikipedia
Icefall Nunatak — (coord|78|18|S|158|38|E|) is a prominent ice free nunatak, 1,760 m, lying close south of the main flow of Skelton Icefalls. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US ACAN) in 1964 for its proximity to Sketton Icefalls … Wikipedia
icefall — /uys fawl /, n. 1. a jumbled mass of ice in a glacier. 2. a mass of ice overhanging a precipice. 3. a falling of ice from a glacier, iceberg, etc. [1810 20; ICE + FALL] * * * … Universalium
icefall — noun A relatively rapid and turbulent flow of ice, somewhat analogous to a waterfall … Wiktionary
icefall — n. glacial ice formation resembling a frozen waterfall; falling of a mass of ice (from a glacier, etc.) … English contemporary dictionary
icefall — noun 1》 a steep part of a glacier like a frozen waterfall. 2》 an avalanche of ice … English new terms dictionary
