Definition of "icefield" [icefield]

• Alternative spelling of ice field. (noun)

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• "But there was a much greater quantity of ice this year, and on the 17th of July, the expedition fell in with an "icefield" of such extent that it took thirteen days to coast along it."
• "That a tribe had been wiped off its icefield, or the lights had gone out in Rome."
• "When Helliconia is furthest from Freyr, the planet becomes a frozen icefield, whilst at its closest the entire planet is baked in heat and the equatorial belt becomes uninhabitable."