ice-free
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- adjective
- /aɪs-friː/
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- But by 2030, I'd say we will have an ice-free summer Arctic.
- ice-free Arctic
- ice-free summer
- ice-free land
Examples
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Tell me the area you assume is ice-free during the summer months.
Blog text (9) -
If those rates persist, we are likely to eventually experience a seasonally ice-free Arctic Ocean (see PHYSICS TODAY, September 2009, page 19).
Academic text (2011) -
Five years scientists predict we will have the first ice free Arctic summer.
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"We can expect the Arctic to be ice-free in summer within 20 years," she says.
Blog text (2) -
Some scientists say that the Arctic could be ice-free in summer in just five years.
Blog text (8) -
Most of the towns and settlements of this northern deep freeze are dotted along its largely ice-free west coast.
Academic text (2012) -
One day, the North Pole will eventually be ice-free from the Arctic ice shrinking due to climate changes, often referred to as global warming.
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The coasts of Antarctica were ice-free in summer, with summer temperatures 11 degrees Celsius warmer than today.
Blog text (33) -
American fishers and hunters flocked to the area when the lake was ice-free to bag walleye, muskies, and white-tailed deer.
Academic text (2007) -
By July, the Arctic Ocean is expected to be ice-free, allowing for greater shipping routes.
Synonyms
A thing that has no ice, for example a drink or a lake
How Icy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word ice-free combines ice and free, where free means 'without', so an ice-free place is 'without ice' and open for boats and travel.