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Meanings of ice cap in inglés

portugués
calota de gelo
catalán
casquet glacial

A mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak)

        calota de gelo
        ruso
        ледяная шапка
        portugués
        calota de gelo
        catalán
        capa de gel
        español
        casquete de hielo

        Ice mass that covers less than 50,000 km² of land area.

              casquete de hielo
              Synonyms
              Examples for "icecap"
              Examples for "icecap"
              1
              In 2008, Denmark redistricted Greenland, drawing lines straight across the vast icecap.
              Climbing Magazine
              2
              This one was as cool as the icecap on Mount Ida.
              Venus In Copper
              3
              It was impossible for them to land on an icecap.
              One minute to midnight: kennedy, khrushchev, and castro on the b...
              4
              Last month I explored the largest icecap outside the polar regions and was overcome by the blues.
              The Irish Times
              5
              It was the planet's icecap, upside down.
              A Matter of Importance
              Usage of ice cap in inglés
              1
              Sean Leary jams a cold crack above the ice cap on Ulvetenna.
              Climbing Magazine
              2
              The measurements will help predict the date of the ice cap's final demise.
              Wired
              3
              You lose a few years and there goes an ice cap.
              The Guardian
              4
              And one of these days the polar ice cap will melt.
              The Irish Times
              5
              Mars' southern ice cap is crusted with dry ice, or solid carbon dioxide.
              Wired
              6
              Now the bond seems to be melting faster than the polar ice cap.
              The new yorker
              7
              Equally as impressive is his shot of the Vatnajökull ice cap.
              BBC
              8
              But not for me the Arctic ice cap or the desert!
              The Friendly Road: New Adventures in Contentment
              9
              Remember you were excited about me in April? Holiday Scomo or melting ice cap?
              The Guardian
              10
              Two friendly world leaders facing one an other across a vanishing Arctic ice cap.
              The Guardian
              11
              Treatment.-Keepthe joint quiet and you can use an ice cap for the pain.
              Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
              12
              As temperatures rise, Greenland's glaciers and ice cap are shrinking.
              The Irish Times
              13
              No man that had embarked upon it would return across that dreary ice cap.
              The Gods of Mars
              14
              The melting Arctic ice cap can expose narwhals to orcas, their main predators, scientists say.
              Reuters
              15
              The ice cap formed a long time ago.
              The charlemagne pursuit
              16
              To explore these over the ice cap is one of the objects of the Western Party.
              Scott's Last Expedition, Volume I / Being the journals of Captai...
              Translations for ice cap
              portugués
              calota de gelo