Definition of "icelike" [icelike]

• Resembling ice. (adjective)

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• "After an icelike buildup thwarted a plan over the weekend to siphon off most of the leak using a huge, 100-ton containment box, a second, smaller box was lowered into the water late Tuesday near the blown-out well."
• "And they say they have learned valuable lessons from the failure of a bigger version of the containment cap last month that was clogged with icelike slush."
• "The presence of water scuttled an attempt by BP four weeks ago when icelike crystals, called hydrates, plugged the pipe."