"ice cap" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ice caps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ice cap (plural ice caps)
  1. A permanent expanse of ice encompassing a large geographical area, as for example in Earth's polar zones (polar ice) or at high elevation. [from :Template:SAFESUBST: c.] Categories (topical): Headwear Translations (permanent expanse of ice): izotz-kasko (Basque), casquet glacial [masculine] (Catalan), 冰帽 (bīngmào) (Chinese Mandarin), iskappe (Danish), jääpeite (Finnish), mannerjää (english: continental ice cap) (Finnish), calotte glaciaire [feminine] (French), capa de xeo [feminine] (Galician), Eiskappe [feminine] (German), बर्फ़ की टोपी (barf kī ṭopī) [feminine] (Hindi), hveljökull (Icelandic), tudung es (Indonesian), oighearchaidhp [feminine] (Irish), 氷帽 (hyōbō) (alt: ひょうぼう) (Japanese), 빙모 (bingmo) (Korean), 빙관 (binggwan) (Korean), iskappe [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), iskappe [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), کلاهک یخی (Persian), czapa lodowa [feminine] (Polish), calotă glaciară [feminine] (Romanian), ледяна́я ша́пка (ledjanája šápka) (Russian), леднико́вый по́кров (lednikóvyj pókrov) (Russian), ledeniški pokrov (Slovene), ledeniški kapa (Slovene), campo de hielo [masculine] (Spanish), capa de hielo [feminine] (Spanish), buz tabakası (Turkish), льодовикова шапка (lʹodovykova šapka) (Ukrainian), chỏm băng (Vietnamese), cap iâ [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-ice_cap-en-noun-pKGndSRE Disambiguation of Headwear: 41 27 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 42 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 52 28 21 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 46 30 24 Disambiguation of 'permanent expanse of ice': 77 14 9
  2. (medicine, historical) An ice pack designed to be worn on the head. [from :Template:SAFESUBST: c.] Tags: historical Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-ice_cap-en-noun-4GBHe258 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 42 25 Topics: medicine, sciences
  3. (food) Alternative spelling of iced capp Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: iced capp
    Sense id: en-ice_cap-en-noun-bPS-Vfa0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 42 25 Topics: food, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: icecap

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      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "permanent expanse of ice",
      "word": "ledeniški kapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "permanent expanse of ice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "campo de hielo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "permanent expanse of ice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "capa de hielo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "permanent expanse of ice",
      "word": "buz tabakası"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lʹodovykova šapka",
      "sense": "permanent expanse of ice",
      "word": "льодовикова шапка"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "permanent expanse of ice",
      "word": "chỏm băng"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "permanent expanse of ice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cap iâ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ice cap"
}

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