noun
Meaning 1
A broad glacial mass with a relatively flat surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
ice sheet
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Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: inlandsis — broad glacial mass
- Catalan: glacera continental — broad glacial mass
- Chinese Mandarin: 大冰原 (dàbīngyuán) — broad glacial mass
- Chinese Mandarin: 冰蓋 /冰盖 (bīnggài) — broad glacial mass
- Chinese Mandarin: 冰冠 (bīngguān) — broad glacial mass
- Danish: indlandsis — broad glacial mass
- Finnish: mannerjää — broad glacial mass
- Finnish: mannerjäätikkö — broad glacial mass
- French: inlandsis — broad glacial mass
- Galician: capa de xeo — broad glacial mass
- German: Eisschicht — broad glacial mass
- German: Eisschild — broad glacial mass
- Irish: clúid oighir — broad glacial mass
- Japanese: 氷床 (hyōshō) — broad glacial mass
- Korean: 빙상 (bingsang) — broad glacial mass
- Polish: lądolód — broad glacial mass
- Portuguese: lençol de gelo — broad glacial mass
- Russian: ледяно́й щит (ledjanój ščit) — broad glacial mass
- Spanish: indlandsis — broad glacial mass
- Spanish: calota de hielo — broad glacial mass
- Spanish: capa de hielo — broad glacial mass
- Swedish: inlandsis — broad glacial mass
- Thai: พืดน้ําแข็ง (pʉ̂ʉt-nám-kɛ̌ng) — broad glacial mass