Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The thawing of ice on the surface of a body of water, such as a lake.
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- noun   the annual thawing ofwinter ice on a body ofwater 
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Examples
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								I've done it myself at early ice-out below dams and it was fun, but you lose a lot of tackle if the boottom is rocky. snagging fish 2009 
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								We'll be camping off the back of them and fishing the lakes and rivers along the way for ice-out northerns, walleyes, and lake trout. 
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								I've done it myself at early ice-out below dams and it was fun, but you lose a lot of tackle if the boottom is rocky. snagging fish 2009 
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								This is the story of how four guys spent two weeks on three quads and a Rhino in the beginning of June, trying to fish our way up this road, from Lynn Lake to Brochet, during ice-out. Ice-Out by Ice Road: Fishing Backcountry Manitoba by ATV 2009 
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								Interesting that the ice-out cake appears to be a "yellow cake" that is also chocolate. Recycled Wrecks 2010 
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								Start early, because the period during and just after ice-out can be absolutely hot. 
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								Wife reports ice-out on the nature center lake, also wood frogs quacking. Gray again, bird update jhetley 2009 
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								Some years, it seems as if we have about three days between ice-out and black-flies... Narrow window of opportunity jhetley 2008 
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								The researchers catalogued ice-out dates for 29 New England lakes. Climate Watchers 2008 
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								The NHDP had what some called the "ice-out strategy", which loosely means that when the ice goes out on Lake Winnipesauke party activists would scramble like heck to put together what's called the coordinated campaign. Chaz Proulx: How The 2004 Primary Helped Turn New Hampshire Blue: A Net Roots Success Story 2007 
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