ice sheet

English

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Noun

ice sheet (plural ice sheets)

1. A broad glacial mass with a relatively flat surface.

Translations

broad glacial mass

• Catalan: inlandsis m, glacera continental f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大冰原 (dàbīngyuán), 冰蓋／冰盖 (zh) (bīnggài), 冰冠 (bīngguān)

• Danish: indlandsis (da) c
• Finnish: mannerjää, mannerjäätikkö (fi)
• French: inlandsis (fr)
• Galician: capa de xeo f
• German: Eisschicht (de) f
• Irish: clúid oighir f
• Polish: lądolód (pl) m
• Russian: ледяно́й щит m (ledjanój ščit)
• Spanish: indlandsis f, calota de hielo f, capa de hielo f
• Swedish: inlandsis (sv) c
• Thai: พืดน้ำแข็ง (pʉ̂ʉt-nám-kɛ̌ng)

See also

• ice cap

Anagrams

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