ice front

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noun

the forward section or seaward edge of an ice shelf.

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Origin of ice front

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby ice front

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

How to use ice front in a sentence

The evidence for this is found in the presence of a continuous, terminal moraine, at or just in advance of the present ice-front.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
In the oscillations of the ice-front marking the final retreat of the Alpine glaciers there were three epochs of advance.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe|John M. Tyler
In valley glaciers it is shaped by the ice front to a crescent whose convex side is downstream.
The Elements of Geology|William Harmon Norton
Temporary lakes were formed wherever the ice front dammed the natural drainage of the region.
The Elements of Geology|William Harmon Norton

The ancient channel which it held along the Illinoian ice front has been traced through southeastern Iowa for many miles.
The Elements of Geology|William Harmon Norton