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"A thick, floating platform of ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface. Ice shelves are found in Antarctica, Greenland, and Canada only."
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"translations": [
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "thick floating platform of ice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plataforma de gel"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "thick floating platform of ice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "barrera de gel"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "thick floating platform of ice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "altiplà de gel"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bīngjià",
"sense": "thick floating platform of ice",
"word": "冰架"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "thick floating platform of ice",
"word": "mannerjäähylly"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "thick floating platform of ice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plateforme de glace"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "thick floating platform of ice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "isbrem"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "thick floating platform of ice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plataforma de gelo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šelʹfovyje ledniki",
"sense": "thick floating platform of ice",
"word": "шельфовые ледники"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "thick floating platform of ice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plataforma de hielo flotante"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "thick floating platform of ice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "barrera de hielo"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "thick floating platform of ice",
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"feminine"
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}
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"word": "ice shelf"
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"A thick, floating platform of ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface. Ice shelves are found in Antarctica, Greenland, and Canada only."
],
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"ice sheet",
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[
"ocean",
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],
[
"Antarctica",
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],
[
"Greenland",
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],
[
"Canada",
"Canada"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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}
],
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"word": "ice-shelf"
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{
"word": "iceshelf"
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],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "thick floating platform of ice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plataforma de gel"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "thick floating platform of ice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "barrera de gel"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "thick floating platform of ice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "altiplà de gel"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bīngjià",
"sense": "thick floating platform of ice",
"word": "冰架"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "thick floating platform of ice",
"word": "mannerjäähylly"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "thick floating platform of ice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plateforme de glace"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "thick floating platform of ice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "isbrem"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "thick floating platform of ice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plataforma de gelo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šelʹfovyje ledniki",
"sense": "thick floating platform of ice",
"word": "шельфовые ледники"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "thick floating platform of ice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plataforma de hielo flotante"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "thick floating platform of ice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "barrera de hielo"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "thick floating platform of ice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "meseta de hielo"
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"word": "ice shelf"
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