ice road

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noun

mainly Canadian a temporary winter road built across ice or frozen ground

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Words nearby ice road

ice plant, ice point, icequake, ice rain, ice rampart, ice road, ice run, icescape, ice-scoured, ice screw, ice sheet

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How to use ice road in a sentence

It was just another night at Hillbillies Ice Hole, a bar about half a mile by ice road from shore.
The Wimpification of Ice Fishing|Justin Green|January 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The show will premiere in the fall and is produced by Thom Beers of Deadliest Catch and Ice Road Truckers.
Survivor Winner Boston Rob on His $1 Million Prize|Maria Elena Fernandez|May 16, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Dey got for have de ice road for haul de beeg load to de rollway.
Connie Morgan in the Lumber Camps|James B. Hendryx
The time of winter travel had drawn to its close; the ice-road had done its work.
The World's Greatest Books, Volume 19|Various

If a crossing could be made at all it was only between Malley's spring-hole and the old ice road.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904|Lucy Maud Montgomery