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41Ice pier — Historically, two supply ships, a freighter and a tanker, arrive at the ice pier each summer, after an icebreaker opens a ship channel through pack ice. The ice pier’s key function is to provide a platform for freight trucks to come alongside a… …
42cut — v. & n. v. (cutting; past and past part. cut) 1 tr. (also absol.) penetrate or wound with a sharp edged instrument (cut his finger; the knife won t cut). 2 tr. & intr. (often foll. by into) divide or be divided with a knife etc. (cut the bread;… …
43ice — ice1 W3S2 [aıs] n [: Old English; Origin: is] 1.) [U] water that has frozen into a solid state →↑icy ▪ Would you like some ice in your drink? ▪ Her hands were as cold as ice. ▪ Spring flowers pushed through the slowly melting ice. ▪ The city… …
44ice — [[t]aɪs[/t]] n. v. iced, ic•ing 1) mer the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water 2) mer the frozen surface of a body of water 3) any substance resembling frozen water: camphor ice[/ex] 4) a frozen dessert made of sweetened water …
45ice axe — noun an ax used by mountain climbers for cutting footholds in ice • Syn: ↑ice ax, ↑piolet • Hypernyms: ↑ax, ↑axe * * * ice axe noun An axe used by mountain climbers to cut footholds in ice or compacted snow • • • Main Entry …
46ice — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. frost, rime; glacier; sherbet; icicle; slang, diamonds. v. freeze, chill. See cold. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. frost, crystal, hail, icicle, glacier, floe, ice cube, dry ice, black ice, white ice, chunk… …
47ice axe — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms ice axe : singular ice axe plural ice axes a metal tool that mountain climbers use to cut into ice to make places to hold onto with their hands or feet …
48cut ice — phrasal to be of importance usually used in negative constructions < his opinion cuts no ice with me > …
49Ice fishing — is the activity of catching fish with lines and fish hooks or spears through an opening in the ice on a frozen body of water. Ice anglers may sit on the stool in the open on a frozen lake, or in a heated cabin on the ice, some with bunks and… …
50Ice skate — Ice skates are boots with blades attached to the bottom, used to propel oneself across a sheet of ice.The first ice skates were made from leg bones of horse, ox or deer, and were attached to feet with leather straps. A pole with a sharp… …
