icescape

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noun

An ice-covered landscape.

“The dogs raced across the barren icescape.”

OriginEnglish landscapebf. ← Middle English is ← Old English īs →
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Meanings

nounicescape (plural icescapes)

plural icescapes · alternative ice-scape

  1. An ice-covered landscape.

    The dogs raced across the barren icescape.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eyH-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eyH-so-
  3. Proto-Germanic*īsą
  4. Proto-West Germanic*īs
  5. Old Englishīs
  6. Middle Englishis
  7. Englishice
  8. Englishlandscapebf.
  9. Englishicescape

From ice + -scape.

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APA

icescape. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/icescape

MLA

“icescape.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/icescape. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “icescape,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/icescape.

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