a very steep part of a glacier that has deep crevasses and resembles a frozen waterfall
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
ice•fall
(īs′fôl′),USA pronunciation n.
- a jumbled mass of ice in a glacier.
- a mass of ice overhanging a precipice.
- a falling of ice from a glacier, iceberg, etc.
- ice + fall 1810–20
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::