Definitions for ice shelf
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ice′ shelf`(n.)
an ice sheet projecting into coastal waters so that the end floats.
Category: Geology
Origin of ice shelf:
1910–15
Princeton's WordNet
shelf ice, ice shelf(noun)
ice that is attached to land but projects out to sea
Wiktionary
ice shelf(Noun)
A thick, floating platform of ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface. Ice shelves are found in Antarctica, Greenland, and Canada only.
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