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polar

polar

121 4.2
Relating to the North or South Pole and the very cold regions there
  • adjective
  • /ˈpoʊlər/
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  • Polar ice caps are melting, our oceans are full of trash, my baby daddy doesn't love me because I'm not Jewish enough.
  • polar regions
  • polar ice caps
  • polar ice

It releases it because there's they have polar caps just like we do.

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Examples

  • The continued heating of the atmosphere had begun to melt the polar ice caps.

  • The polar ice caps have melted, covering the earth with water.

  • Now what about melting the polar sea ice?

  • We as a human should try to stop the polar ice caps from melting.

  • It has a polar cap made of some kind of snow.

  • The problem with the polar ice cap is, it floats; it moves.

  • The U.S. Senate is considering spending $100 million to build two new polar icebreakers and update three aging ones.

    Academic text (2008)
  • It is a jet stream, just like the polar jet stream we have here on the Earth.

  • Despite its fluffy fur and teddy-bear look the polar bear is actually one of the most ruthless, predatory carnivores on the planet.

  • The polar regions of the Earth are experiencing significant changes due to climate change.

Synonyms

circumpolar
vspolar
  • Specialized
1 8.8

In the area around the North or South Pole

relates more generally to the Earth's ends or to very cold regions near them

Antonyms

144 3.4

Relating to the region near the equator, often with hot weather and many plants

16 5.2

Near or on the Earth's equator with warm, humid climate

14 3.9

Having mild weather that is not very hot or very cold

Compounds

37 1.1

A large white bear that lives in the Arctic and hunts seals on sea ice

7 3.2

An area around the North or South Pole that is very cold and icy

polar coordinate
  • Specialized
1 7.5

One of the two numbers that show a point's distance from a fixed center and its angle

1 6.5

Relating to the area around the North Pole, the Arctic

1 4.6

A bright star called Polaris that sits almost above Earth's north pole and shows true north

1 7.3

Near the South Pole on Earth

polar front
  • Specialized
6.7

A line where very cold air from the poles meets warmer air and causes storms

A large mass of ice that forms near the North or South Pole

7.3

A large Arctic animal like a rabbit that turns white in winter

A clear contrast between two very different ends that shows points between them

polar body
  • Specialized
9.9

A very small cell with little liquid that forms when an egg divides and that the body usually discards

A circle near Earth's poles where the sun stays above or below the horizon for one day

An extremely cold area around the North or South Pole with ice and snow

How Polar

polar
121 4.2
subpolar
6.2
temperate
14 3.9

Surface Forms

polar positive

Morphology

polar = pole (transparent) = pole + ar

This is the literal adjectival formation from 'pole' meaning 'relating to the geographic poles', which is straightforward for learners.

Etymology

Polar comes from a root meaning pole 'end' or 'point', so it naturally names things near the Earth's North or South 'poles'. That's why polar describes very cold regions and weather close to those poles.