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ice-free en · ADJ

Etymology

From ice + -free.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Free of all ice; not covered in ice.
   • Finland, the world's only nation with no ice-free ports, builds more than half the world's icebreakers, many for the Soviet Union. 1989 May, Priit J. Vesilind, “The Baltic: Arena of Power”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 614:
   • Ch’in-huang-tao had the largest glass factory in China. As the only ice-free port of north China, it developed an important transit trade by rail for Tientsin and south Manchuria, since the town is on the main rail line between Manchuria and north China. 1964, Joseph Earle Spencer, “CH’IN-HUANG-TAO”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 5, →OCLC, page 656, column 1:
   • Generally speaking, in the summer the ore from Kiruna is sent to Narvik, and that from Gällivare to Luleå, but, as Luleå is not ice-free (as is Narvik), all traffic in the winter must go to the latter, though this is to some extent mitigated by the fact that the output of the mines tends to be lower. 1958 April 14, M. D. Greville, “Norway's Most Northerly Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 240:

Forms

Translations (7)

nn isfri (free of ice) · eo senglacia (free of ice) · sv isfri (free of ice) · nl ijsvrij (free of ice) · de eisfrei (free of ice) · et jäävaba (free of ice) · nb isfri (free of ice)