ice island

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noun

a tabular iceberg in the Arctic region.

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Origin of ice island

First recorded in 1770–80

Words nearby ice island

ice-free, ice front, ice giant, ice hockey, icehouse, ice island, ice jam, icekhana, Icel., Iceland, Iceland agate

How to use ice island in a sentence

We thus had the ice-island between us and the possibly hostile ship.
Left on Labrador|Charles Asbury Stephens
We will permit the ice island to tow us along, as long as she goes toward the south or west.
The Waif of the "Cynthia"|Andr Laurie and Jules Verne
None slept, and the night wore slowly away as our ice-island floated we knew not whither.
North-Pole Voyages|Zachariah Atwell Mudge
As we groped about we struck an old floating ice-island, about twelve feet square.
North-Pole Voyages|Zachariah Atwell Mudge

"Possibly they may bear up through the channel to the west of the ice-island," said Raed.
Left on Labrador|Charles Asbury Stephens