Meanings
plural ice caps · alternative icecap
- A permanent expanse of ice encompassing a large geographical area, as for example in Earth's polar zones (polar ice) or at high elevation.
The ocean beneath the arctic ice cap hosts many unique organisms adapted to the cold and shortage of light.
1 more example
The ice cap of Kilimanjaro is shrinking, and some researchers believe it will disappear within the next one hundred years.
- alternativeAlternative spelling of iced capp.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Basque izotz-kasko
- izotz-kaskopermanent expanse of ice
Catalan casquet glacial
- casquet glacialpermanent expanse of ice
Chinese Mandarin 冰帽
- 冰帽 (bīngmào)permanent expanse of ice
Danish iskappe
- iskappepermanent expanse of ice
Finnish jääpeite, mannerjää
- jääpeitepermanent expanse of ice
- mannerjääpermanent expanse of ice
French calotte glaciaire
- calotte glaciairepermanent expanse of ice
German Eiskappe
- Eiskappepermanent expanse of ice
Hindi बर्फ़ की टोपी
- बर्फ़ की टोपी (barf kī ṭopī)permanent expanse of ice
Icelandic hveljökull
- hveljökullpermanent expanse of ice
Indonesian tudung es
- tudung espermanent expanse of ice
Irish oighearchaidhp
- oighearchaidhppermanent expanse of ice
Japanese 氷帽
- 氷帽 (hyōbō)permanent expanse of ice
Korean 빙모, 빙관
- 빙모 (bingmo)permanent expanse of ice
- 빙관 (binggwan)permanent expanse of ice
Norwegian Bokmål iskappe
- iskappepermanent expanse of ice
Persian کلاهک یخی
- کلاهک یخیpermanent expanse of ice
Polish czapa lodowa
- czapa lodowapermanent expanse of ice
Romanian calotă glaciară
- calotă glaciarăpermanent expanse of ice
Russian ледяна́я ша́пка, леднико́вый по́кров
- ледяна́я ша́пка (ledjanája šápka)permanent expanse of ice
- леднико́вый по́кров (lednikóvyj pókrov)permanent expanse of ice
Spanish campo de hielo, capa de hielo
- campo de hielopermanent expanse of ice
- capa de hielopermanent expanse of ice
Turkish buz tabakası
- buz tabakasıpermanent expanse of ice
Ukrainian льодовикова шапка
- льодовикова шапка (lʹodovykova šapka)permanent expanse of ice
Vietnamese chỏm băng
- chỏm băngpermanent expanse of ice
Welsh cap iâ
- cap iâpermanent expanse of ice
Cite this entry
ice cap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ice%20cap
“ice cap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ice%20cap. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ice cap,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ice%20cap.
Source: ice cap on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.