"ice sheet" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-ice sheet.wav Forms: ice sheets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ice sheet (plural ice sheets)
  1. A broad glacial mass with a relatively flat surface. Wikipedia link: ice sheet Categories (topical): Ice Related terms: ice cap Translations (broad glacial mass): inlandsis [masculine] (Catalan), glacera continental [feminine] (Catalan), 大冰原 (dàbīngyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 冰蓋 (Chinese Mandarin), 冰盖 (bīnggài) (Chinese Mandarin), 冰冠 (bīngguān) (Chinese Mandarin), indlandsis [common-gender] (Danish), mannerjää (Finnish), mannerjäätikkö (Finnish), inlandsis (French), capa de xeo [feminine] (Galician), Eisschicht [feminine] (German), clúid oighir [feminine] (Irish), lądolód [masculine] (Polish), ледяно́й щит (ledjanój ščit) [masculine] (Russian), indlandsis [feminine] (Spanish), calota de hielo [feminine] (Spanish), capa de hielo [feminine] (Spanish), inlandsis [common-gender] (Swedish), พืดน้ำแข็ง (pʉ̂ʉt-nám-kɛ̌ng) (Thai)

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