Ice-free

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Free of all ice; not covered in ice. not-comparable

    "Generally speaking, in the summer the ore from Kiruna is sent to Narvik, and that from Gällivare to Luleå, but, as Luleå is not ice-free (as is Narvik), all traffic in the winter must go to the latter, though this is to some extent mitigated by the fact that the output of the mines tends to be lower."

Adjective
  1. 1
    free of ice and open to travel wordnet

Antonyms

All antonyms
icy

Example

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"Grasslands cover around 30 percent of the earth's ice-free land and account for 70 percent of its agricultural land. But land degradation, made worse by high demands for meat and dairy products, affects around 70 percent of pastures."

Etymology

From ice + -free.

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