ice-free

[ ahys-free, -free ]

/ ˈaɪsˈfri, -ˌfri /

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adjective

free of ice.

(of a harbor or other body of water) free at all times of the year of any ice that would impede navigation.

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Origin of ice-free

First recorded in 1890–95; ice + -free

Words nearby ice-free

ice fishing, ice floe, ice flowers, ice fog, ice foot, ice-free, ice front, ice giant, ice hockey, icehouse, ice island

How to use ice-free in a sentence

That would have meant a fully re-vegetated (that is, lush with elk food) ice-free corridor.
Incontrovertible Evidence Proves the First Americans Came From Asia|Doug Peacock|March 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
New research suggests the Arctic Ocean could be ice-free by 2015, with devastating consequences for the world.
The End of the Arctic? Ocean Could be Ice Free by 2015|Mark Hertsgaard|December 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In just a few decades, the same ship may be able to sail all the way to an ice-free North Pole.
Shocking Climate-Change Photos|Ban Ki-moon|October 13, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Some of these Alpine lakes were ice-free for fewer than thirty days out of the whole year.
Rescue Dog of the High Pass|James Arthur Kjelgaard

Nor did it equal early spring, when trout streams were ice-free and the earth still too wet for plowing.
The Duck-footed Hound|James Arthur Kjelgaard
The winter had broken early and the Scotch River was running ice-free and full from bank to bank.
The Man From Glengarry|Ralph Connor
The chipmunks which moved into these ice-free areas, then, became adapted to the new habitats.
Geographic Distribution and Taxonomy of the Chipmunks of Wyoming|John A. White
The great Slav Empire covets an ice-free harbour in Norway, and until this war broke out was busily engaged in compassing its end.
England and Germany|Emile Joseph Dillon