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noun
A thick, floating platform of ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface. Ice shelves are found in Antarctica, Greenland, and Canada only.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
ice that is attached to land but projects out to sea
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: shelf ice
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ice
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