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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Floating ice that has been driven together into a single mass.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the polar seas, a collection of large pieces of floating ice of indefinite extent. Compare
pack , n., 8.
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- noun A large
consolidated mass offloating sea ice .
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- noun a large expanse of floating ice
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Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
noun
Date: 1850
: sea ice formed into a mass by the crushing together of pans, floes, and brash
January 30, 2008