pack ice

noun

A large consolidated mass of floating sea ice.

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hummocky iceice pack
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Meanings

nounpack ice (usually uncountable, plural pack ices)

plural pack ices

  1. uncountableusuallyA large consolidated mass of floating sea ice.

    […] the sea ices: pack ices, ice floes, ice rinds, ice hummocks ...; the coastal ices, fast ice, shore ices, glacial-ice, tongues, ice piedmonts; […]

    1986, Stephen Pyne, The Ice, page 4
    1 more example

    Pack ice, at times mounting to a height of 35 ft., snow, fog, and floating mines all played their part in the disorganisation of railway services, and most of the train ferry services were completely suspended for a month or more; [...].

    1940 May, “Overseas Railways: Icebound Denmark”, in Railway Magazine, page 302

    Synonyms: hummocky ice, ice pack

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA large consolidated mass of floating sea ice.

Similar
hummocky iceice pack

More synonyms by meaning

nouna large expanse of floating ice

Similar
ice pack
Broader
ice
Also see
hummocky iceice pack

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian паков лед
  • паков лед (pakov led)large consolidated mass of floating sea ice
Chinese Mandarin 浮冰
  • 浮冰 (fúbīng)large consolidated mass of floating sea ice
Danish pakis
  • pakislarge consolidated mass of floating sea ice
Dutch pakijs
  • pakijslarge consolidated mass of floating sea ice
Finnish ahtojää
  • ahtojäälarge consolidated mass of floating sea ice
French banquise
  • banquiselarge consolidated mass of floating sea ice
German Packeis
  • Packeislarge consolidated mass of floating sea ice
Hungarian jégtorlasz
  • jégtorlaszlarge consolidated mass of floating sea ice
Norwegian Bokmål pakkis
  • pakkislarge consolidated mass of floating sea ice
Polish pak lodowy, lód pakowy
  • pak lodowylarge consolidated mass of floating sea ice
  • lód pakowylarge consolidated mass of floating sea ice
  • lód dryfującylarge consolidated mass of floating sea ice
Russian па́ковый лёд, пак
  • па́ковый лёд (pákovyj ljod)large consolidated mass of floating sea ice
  • пак (pak)large consolidated mass of floating sea ice
Swedish packis
  • packislarge consolidated mass of floating sea ice
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APA

pack ice. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pack%20ice

MLA

“pack ice.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pack%20ice. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pack ice,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pack%20ice.

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