icecap

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈaɪsˌkæp/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈaɪsˌkæp/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(īs′kap′)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
ice•cap /ˈaɪsˌkæp/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Geographya thick cover of ice over an area, sloping in all directions from the center.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
ice•cap  (īs′kap′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Geographya thick cover of ice over an area, sloping in all directions from the center.
  • ice + cap1 1850–55

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
icecap / ˈaɪsˌkæp/
  1. a thick mass of glacial ice and snow that permanently covers an area of land, such as either of the polar regions or the peak of a mountain
'icecap' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Greenland - polar cap

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