pack ice en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) A large consolidated mass of floating sea ice.
Pack ice, at times mounting to a height of 35 ft., snow, fog, and floating mines all played their part in the disorganisation of railway services, and most of the train ferry services were completely suspended for a month or more; [...].
1940 May, “Overseas Railways: Icebound Denmark”, in Railway Magazine, page 302:[…] the sea ices: pack ices, ice floes, ice rinds, ice hummocks ...; the coastal ices, fast ice, shore ices, glacial-ice, tongues, ice piedmonts; […]
1986, Stephen Pyne, The Ice, page 4:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pack ices | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (16)
da pakis (large consolidated mass of floating sea ice) · pl lód dryfujący (large consolidated mass of floating sea ice) · fr banquise (large consolidated mass of floating sea ice) · nl pakijs (large consolidated mass of floating sea ice) · sv packis (large consolidated mass of floating sea ice) · fi ahtojää (large consolidated mass of floating sea ice) · ru па́ковый лёд (large consolidated mass of floating sea ice) · de Packeis (large consolidated mass of floating sea ice) · ru пак (large consolidated mass of floating sea ice) · pl lód pakowy (large consolidated mass of floating sea ice) · nn pakkis (large consolidated mass of floating sea ice) · nb pakkis (large consolidated mass of floating sea ice) · cmn 浮冰 (large consolidated mass of floating sea ice) · pl pak lodowy (large consolidated mass of floating sea ice) · bg паков лед (large consolidated mass of floating sea ice) · hu jégtorlasz (large consolidated mass of floating sea ice)