ice-up

[ ahys-uhp ]

/ ˈaɪsˌʌp /

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Origin of ice-up

First recorded in 1965–70; noun use of verb phrase ice up

Words nearby ice-up

ice skate, ice station, ice storm, ice tongs, ice tongue, ice-up, ice water, ice wine, ice yacht, ICF, ICFTU

How to use ice-up in a sentence

Most noticeable were "hedges" of ice up to six feet in height on either side of the crevasses which ran southward.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
This was dragged under the ice up into the house, where it afforded a meal of canned green bark.
Watched by Wild Animals|Enos A. Mills
It must be in perfection, and should be on ice up to the moment of serving, and must tempt the eye as well as the palate.
The Etiquette of To-day|Edith B. Ordway
At Edgewood it pushed colossal blocks of ice up the banks into the roadway, piling them end upon end ten feet in air.
Homespun Tales|Kate Douglas Wiggin

I want to get on to that ice up there if I can, and maybe look over on to the other side of the mountains.
Jack the Young Explorer|George Bird Grinnell

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