icemelt

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noun

The melting of a geographical mass of ice.

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Meanings

nounicemelt (countable and uncountable, plural icemelts)

plural icemelts

  1. countableuncountableThe melting of a geographical mass of ice.

    Many of the Sierra Nevada fans have associated perennial streams fed by rainfall, snowmelt or glacial icemelt in the catchments.

    2002, Ireneo Peter Martini, Victor R Baker, Guillermina Garzón, Flood and megaflood processes and deposits: recent and ancient examples

Origin

From ice + melt.

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APA

icemelt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/icemelt

MLA

“icemelt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/icemelt. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “icemelt,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/icemelt.

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