Meanings of de-ice in English

A rail worker was killed in Berlin, run over by a train while trying to de-ice a switch.

As a matter of fact, the Munter can actually de-ice your rope and make it easier to handle in particularly cold climates.

Minister for the Environment John Gormley has said the country's rock salt supplies to de-ice roads are at a "pinch point".

The New York City Department of Sanitation rolled out 2,100 snow plows, salt spreaders and other equipment to de-ice roads and sidewalks, a spokeswoman said.

Or grit, or sand, or some other kind of de-icing chemical.

But there were still problems with de-icing the planes.

The airport was conducting de-icing operations and at one point all runways were shut, she said.

Two years ago, Heathrow struggled to clear snow from runways while its airlines had difficulties de-icing planes.

Formic acid is used as a preservative in animal feed and can be used to make de-icing fluid.

The incident happened while the man, a maintenance worker, was de-icing an aircraft at around 4am yesterday morning.

Some airports also suffered shortages of de-icing fluid, raising questions over whether airport operators should have been better prepared.

Drivers were busily de-icing their windscreens while others were scraping the snow away from the parking areas with shovels.

The rough winter weather fueled higher sales of de-icing fluid, lifting sales at the performance products unit by 18 percent.

Porters Pass, SH73, remained open Thursday this week with de-icing compound doing its work to melt the snow as it fell.

It said witness statements from those responsible for de-icing the plane and video evidence from the airport's surveillance systems supported the suspicion.

This paper describes a de-icing salt-frost scaling test method for analysis of the salt-frost scaling behaviour in high-performance concrete with various binders.